Ririo language

Ririo
Ririo
Native to	Solomon Islands
Native speakers	18 (2007)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Meso-Melanesian Northwest Solomonic Choiseul Ririo; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	rri
Glottolog	riri1237
ELP	Ririo
	Ririo is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger .

Last updated November 01, 2025

Ririo is a nearly extinct indigenous language of Choiseul Province, Solomon Islands.

Phonology

Consonants

Ririo has 18 consonant phonemes.

Ririo consonant phonemes^[2]
		Labial	Alveolar	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n	ŋ
Stop	voiceless	p	t	k	ʔ
Stop	prenasalized	ᵐb	ⁿd	ᵑg
Affricate	voiceless		ts
Affricate	prenasalized		ⁿdz
Fricative		v ^[a]	s , z	ɣ
Approximant			l
Trill			r

↑ / β / is considered to be an allophone.

Vowels

Ririo has 9 vowel phonemes.

Ririo vowel phonemes^[2]
	Front	Back
Close	i	u
Close-mid	e , ø	o
Open-mid	ɛ , œ	ɔ
Open	a

References

↑ Ririo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
1 2 Don, Laycock (1982). "74". Papers from the Third International Conference on Austronesian Linguistic (PDF). Vol. 1. The Australian National University. p. 273. doi: 10.15144/PL-C74.269 .

External links

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[3] / β / is considered to be an allophone.

[e18-1] Ririo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[:0-2] 1 2 Don, Laycock (1982). "74". Papers from the Third International Conference on Austronesian Linguistic (PDF). Vol. 1. The Australian National University. p. 273. doi: 10.15144/PL-C74.269 .

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