Endangered Languages Project - Savosavo

Savosavo

^{[aka Savo, Savo Island,]}

Classification: Isolate

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threatened

ALSO KNOWN AS		Savo, Savo Island
CLASSIFICATION		Isolate
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		svs
DOWNLOAD		As csv
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Information from: “A grammar of Savosavo, A Papuan language of the Solomon Islands” (xxiii+373) . Wegener, Claudia .U. (2008)

Threatened

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,500
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
~2,500

DOMAINS OF USE
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: Almost everyone on Savo is fluent in Solomon Islands Pijin. Pijin and English are the only languages used in school. Children usually acquire Pijin only slightly later than Savosavo.

PLACES: Solomon Islands

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Savosavo is spoken on Savo island, a small volcanic island with a diameter of about 6 km, about 35 km north-west of the capital Honiara.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,420
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Solomon Islands

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Savo Island

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,420
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from SIL (1999).

PLACES: Solomon Islands;

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,800-3,000
Native speakers worldwide

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: All speakers are bilingual and speak one or more of the neighbouring Austronesian languages, but it is very rare for a native speaker of another language to learn how to speak Savosavo.

PLACES: Savo Island, Solomon Islands

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,415
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,000-9,999
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
In 1976, 1,147 speakers were reported. Today there are considerably less.

MORE ON VITALITY

Use of Savo has been declining among the members of the younger generation

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Solomon Pijin
English

More on Orthography

No literacy in language

PLACES: Savo Island, Solomon Islands

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: North of northwestern Guadalcanal Island

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,147
Native speakers worldwide

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Information from: “A grammar of Savosavo, A Papuan language of the Solomon Islands” (xxiii+373) . Wegener, Claudia .U. (2008)