Marovo language
Austronesian language spoken in the Solomon Islands / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Marovo is an Austronesian language of the Solomon Islands. It is spoken in the New Georgia Group on islands in Marovo Lagoon and on the neighbouring islands of New Georgia, Vangunu and Nggatokae. The usual word order in sentences is verb–subject–object.
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Marovo | |
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Region | Solomon Islands |
Native speakers | (8,100 cited 1999)[1] |
Austronesian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | mvo |
Glottolog | maro1244 |
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Names for local fauna are similar to but still much distinct from those in Roviana (and presumably other New Georgia languages).[2]