Native speakers 12,000 (1999) Glottolog ghar1239 | ISO 639-3 gri | |
Region Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands Language family Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Southeast Solomonic
Gela–Guadalcanal
Guadalcanal
Ghari Dialects 7,100 Ghari
3,000 Ndi (Vaturanga)
950 Gae (Nggae, Qae)
550 Tandai-Nggaria (Tanaghai)
490 Nginia
Geri (Nggeri) | ||
Ghari (also known as Gari, Tangarare, Sughu, and West Guadalcanal) is an Oceanic language spoken on Guadalcanal island of the Solomon Islands.
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
Ghari language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA