Ghari language
Ghari (also known as Gari, Tangarare, Sughu, and West Guadalcanal) is an Oceanic language spoken on Guadalcanal island of the Solomon Islands.
| Ghari | |
|---|---|
| Region | Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands |
Native speakers | 12,000 (1999)[1] |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | gri |
| Glottolog | ghar1239 |
The Vaturanga dialect has been used extensively in missionary and liturgical translations, leading linguist Arthur Capell to describe it as a mission/ecclesiastical language.
References
- Notes
- Ghari at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Sources
- Ivens, W. G. (1934). "A Grammar of the Language of Vaturanga, Guadalcanal, British Solomon Islands". Bulletin of the School of Oriental Studies, University of London. 7 (2): 349–375. doi:10.1017/s0041977x0008527x.
External links
- Na Voihavo Matena na Hahani Tabu online text of Anglican liturgy in Vaturanga, digitized by Richard Mammana
- Paradisec open access vocabulary list of the Vaturanga dialect
- Paradisec open access Swadesh list of Vaturanga
- Paradisec open access full text of A Grammar of the Language of Vaturanga, Guadalcanal, British Solomon Islands
- Paradisec open access map of languages of Guadalcanal
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