Northwest Solomonic languages
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The family of Northwest Solomonic languages is a branch of the Oceanic languages. It includes the Austronesian languages of Bougainville and Buka in Papua New Guinea, and of Choiseul, New Georgia, and Santa Isabel (excluding Bugotu) in Solomon Islands.
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Northwest Solomonic | |
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Geographic distribution | Solomon Islands |
Linguistic classification | Austronesian
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Proto-language | Proto-Northwest Solomonic |
Glottolog | nort3225 |
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The unity of Northwest Solomonic and the number and composition of its subgroups, along with its relationship to other Oceanic groups, was established in pioneering work by Malcolm Ross.[1]