AAW ISO 639-3
Solong
Solong Autonym
A language of Papua New Guinea
- ISO 639
- aaw
- Alternate Names
- Arawe, Arove, Pililo
- Autonym
- Solong
- Population
- 4,160 (2000 census).
- Location:
- West New Britain province: southwest coast.
- Language Status
- 5* (Developing).
- Classification
- Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, North New Guinea, Ngero-Vitiaz, Vitiaz, Southwest New Britain, Arawe-Pasismanua, Arawe, West Arawe
- Dialects
- Arawe. Dialect subgroup. Understood by all along the coast.
- Language Use
- Also use English [eng]. Also use Tok Pisin [tpi].
- Language Development
- 3 primary schools. NT: 2017.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Solong
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- Glossonym: Solong. Ethnonym: Arove. Christian, traditional religion.
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: West New Britain province: southwest coast.
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