Laghu language

Not to be confused with Laghuu, a Loloish language of Northwestern Vietnam.

"Laghu" redirects here. For the term in Sanskrit prosody, see Laghu (prosody).

Laghu (pronounced [laɡu]), also known as Hoatana or Katova, is an extinct language of Santa Isabel in the Solomon Islands. Its last speaker died in 1984. People in the villages of Baolo and Samasodu, where it used to be spoken, now speak the neighboring Zabana language, which is more widely spoken and still expanding (Palmer 2009:1-2).

Laghu
Region	Santa Isabel Island
Extinct	1984
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Northwest Solomonic New Georgia – Ysabel Ysabel West Isabel Laghu
Language codes
ISO 639-3	lgb
Glottolog	lagh1246
ELP	Laghu

References

• Palmer, Bill. 2009. Kokota Grammar. Oceanic Linguistics Special Publication No. 35. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-3251-3.