Native to Solomon Islands ISO 639-3 svs | Native speakers 2,400 (1999) Glottolog savo1255 | |
Region Savo Island, north of Guadalcanal, Central Solomons. Language family Central Solomons
Savosavo | ||
The Savosavo language is spoken on Savo, a small volcanic island north of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. Savosavo is one of the Central Solomon Papuan languages, unlike most of the languages in the vicinity, which are members of the Oceanic branch of the Austronesian language family. The nearest Papuan language to Savosavo is Lavukaleve.
References
Savosavo language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA