Lavukaleve is one of the four Central Solomons languages of the Solomon Islands. It is thus assumed to be the descendant of the languages spoken in the Solomon Islands before the spread of the much more numerous Austronesian languages. The name Lavukaleve derives from the ethnonymLavukal. The Lavukals are the indigenous peoples of the Russell Islands, part of the Solomon Islands Central Province. A comprehensive grammatical description of Lavukaleve was published by the linguist Angela Terrill in 2003.[2]
Lavukaleve is spoken in about eleven main villages. It used to be spoken predominantly on Pavuvu, the largest island, but the speakers were forcefully relocated by the British to the smaller islands in order to make way for plantations.[2]
lavukaleve, language, lavukaleve, four, central, solomons, languages, solomon, islands, thus, assumed, descendant, languages, spoken, solomon, islands, before, spread, much, more, numerous, austronesian, languages, name, lavukaleve, derives, from, ethnonym, la. Lavukaleve is one of the four Central Solomons languages of the Solomon Islands It is thus assumed to be the descendant of the languages spoken in the Solomon Islands before the spread of the much more numerous Austronesian languages The name Lavukaleve derives from the ethnonym Lavukal The Lavukals are the indigenous peoples of the Russell Islands part of the Solomon Islands Central Province A comprehensive grammatical description of Lavukaleve was published by the linguist Angela Terrill in 2003 2 LavukaleveNative toSolomon IslandsRegionRussell IslandsNative speakers 1 800 cited 1999 1 Language familyCentral Solomons LavukaleveLanguage codesISO 639 3 a href https iso639 3 sil org code lvk class extiw title iso639 3 lvk lvk a Glottologlavu1241ELPLavukaleveLavukaleve is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World s Languages in DangerLavukaleve is spoken in about eleven main villages It used to be spoken predominantly on Pavuvu the largest island but the speakers were forcefully relocated by the British to the smaller islands in order to make way for plantations 2 Contents 1 Phonology 1 1 Consonants 1 2 Vowels 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksPhonology editConsonants edit Labial Alveolar Velar GlottalNasal m n ŋPlosive voiceless p t kvoiced b ᵐb d ⁿdFricative f s hRhotic rLateral lSemivowel b ɰSounds b d are prenasalized ᵐb ⁿd in intervocalic positions p only occurs in loanwords from Pijin t k can also be heard as aspirated tʰ kʰ in free variation r can also be heard as a tap ɾ or glide ɹ in free variation Vowels edit Front Central BackClose i uMid e oOpen aVowels i o can be heard as ɪ ɔ when in unstressed syllables 2 See also editEast Papuan languagesReferences edit Lavukaleve at Ethnologue 18th ed 2015 subscription required a b c Terrill Angela 2003 A Grammar of Lavukaleve Mouton Grammar Library 30 Berlin New York Mouton de Gruyter External links edit nbsp Lavukaleve language test of Wiktionary at Wikimedia Incubator Anglican Morning Prayer Evening Prayer Eucharistic prayers and Catechism in Lavukaleve from Project Canterbury transcribed by Richard Mammana Hai Foiae Sevo Lavu Kaleve Ena A Liturgy for Melanesia in Lavukaleve 1973 Materials on Lavukaleve are included in the open access Arthur Capell collections AC1 and AC2 held by Paradisec This Papuan languages related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lavukaleve language amp oldid 1191688592, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
