Zazao language

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Zazao
Native toCentral Solomon Islands
RegionSanta Isabel Island
Native speakers
10 (1999)[1]
Language family
Austronesian
  • Malayo-Polynesian
    • Oceanic
      • Northwest Solomonic
        • New Georgia – Ysabel
          • Ysabel
            • Central Isabel
              • Zazao
Language codes
ISO 639-3jaj
Glottologzaza1245
ELPZazao

Zazao is an Oceanic language spoken in the Solomon Islands. Its speakers live on Santa Isabel Island. It is considered nearly extinct, and its speakers also use the Cheke Holo language or the Zabana language.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Zazao at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ^ "Zazao". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2017-10-06.


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