Ghari language
| Ghari | |
|---|---|
| Region | Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands |
Native speakers | 12,000 (1999)[1] |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
gri |
| Glottolog |
ghar1239[2] |
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 at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Ghari". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- 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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