Baelelea language

Baelelea
Baelelea
Native to	Solomon Islands
Region	Malaita
Native speakers	8,800 (1999)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Southeast Solomonic Malaita Malaita Northern Malaita Baelelea; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bvc
Glottolog	bael1237

Last updated June 21, 2021

Baelelea (Mbaelelea) is a Southeast Solomonic language of Malaita.

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The family of Southeast Solomonic languages forms a branch of the Oceanic languages. It consists of some 26 languages covering the South East Solomon Islands, from the tip of Santa Isabel to Makira. The fact that there is little diversity amongst these languages, compared to groups of similar size in Melanesia, suggests that they dispersed in the relatively recent past. Bugotu is one of the most conservative languages.

References

↑ Baelelea at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

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[e18-1] Baelelea at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

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