Projet Langues en danger - Savosavo

Savosavo

^{[également appelé Savo, Savo Island,]}

Classification : Isolate

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ÉGALEMENT APPELÉ		Savo, Savo Island
CLASSIFICATION		Isolate
CODE DE RÉFÉRENCECODE DE LANGUE		ISO 639-3
CODE DE LANGUE		svs
TÉLÉCHARGER		En tant que csv
RESSOURCES SUPPLÉMENTAIRES		Recherche au sein de la communauté OLAC (Open Language Archives Community)

Compare Sources (8)

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

Menacée

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,500
Locuteurs natifs dans le monde
Communauté ethnique
~2,500

DOMAINES D'UTILISATION
AUTRES LANGUES PARLÉES PAR LA COMMUNAUTÉ
COMMENTAIRES SUR LE CONTEXTE DE LA LANGUE: 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.

Menacée

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

PLACES: Solomon Islands;

Menacée

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,147
Locuteurs natifs dans le monde

Menacée

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,415
Locuteurs natifs dans le monde

Menacée

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,800-3,000
Locuteurs natifs dans le monde

AUTRES LANGUES PARLÉES PAR LA COMMUNAUTÉ
COMMENTAIRES SUR LE CONTEXTE DE LA LANGUE: 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

Menacée

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,000-9,999
Locuteurs natifs dans le monde
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

AUTRES LANGUES PARLÉES PAR LA COMMUNAUTÉ

Solomon Pijin
English

Orthographe

No literacy in language

PLACES: Savo Island, Solomon Islands

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: North of northwestern Guadalcanal Island

Menacée

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,420
Locuteurs natifs dans le monde

PLACES: Solomon Islands

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Savo Island

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

-9.1316, 159.8124

COORDINATES

-9.1292,159.8071

COORDINATES

-9.13333333333,159.8

Compare Sources (3)

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