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Ontong Java language
| Ontong Java | |
|---|---|
| Luangiua | |
| Native to | Solomon Islands |
| Region | Ontong Java Atoll |
Native speakers | (2,400 cited 1999)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ojv |
| Glottolog | onto1237 |
Ontong Java is a Polynesian language located on the Ontong Java Atoll (native name Luangiua, formerly Lord Howe atoll), in Solomon Islands. It has two dialects, Luangiua and Pelau; the name Luangiua is also commonly used to refer to the Ontong Java language as a whole.[2][3]
Ontong Java is commonly used by all speakers, young and old. There are approximately 2,370 residents[4] of Ontong Java Atoll and has an estimated 2,400 speakers living on the atoll.
- ^ Ontong Java at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ "Luangiua". Glottolog. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Salmondwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Ontong Java". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
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