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信息不完整 “A grammar of Savosavo, A Papuan language of the Solomon Islands” (xxiii+373) . Wegener, Claudia .U. (2008)
信息不完整 “A grammar of Savosavo, A Papuan language of the Solomon Islands” (xxiii+373) . Wegener, Claudia .U. (2008)
Solomon Islands Pijin
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.
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.
信息不完整 “Australia and the Pacific” (424-557) . Stephen A Wurm (2007) Routledge
In 1976, 1,147 speakers were reported. Today there are considerably less.
Use of Savo has been declining among the members of the younger generation
Solomon Pijin
English
No literacy in language
North of northwestern Guadalcanal Island
信息不完整 “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press
信息不完整 “Dokumentation Bedrohter Sprachen (DoBeS)” . Dokumentation Bedrohter Sprachen
Solomon Islands Pijin
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.