Ontong Java language

Ontong Java
Ontong Java
Luangiua
Native to	Solomon Islands
Region	Ontong Java Atoll
Native speakers	(2,400 cited 1999)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Polynesian Ellicean Ontong Java; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ojv
Glottolog	onto1237

Ontong Java is a Polynesian language located on the Ontong Java Atoll (native name Luangiua, formerly Lord Howe atoll), in Solomon Islands. It has two dialects, Luangiua and Pelau; the name Luangiua is also commonly used to refer to the Ontong Java language as a whole.^[2]^[3]

Ontong Java is commonly used by all speakers, young and old. There are approximately 2,370 residents^[4] of Ontong Java Atoll and has an estimated 2,400 speakers living on the atoll.

^ Ontong Java at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ "Luangiua". Glottolog. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
^ Cite error: The named reference Salmond was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Ontong Java". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2019-10-10.

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

[2] "Luangiua". Glottolog. Retrieved 2024-07-06.

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[:0-4] "Ontong Java". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2019-10-10.

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