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 (or Luangiua, Lord Howe, Luaniua) is a Polynesian language located on the Ontong Java Atoll, also known as the Luangiua Atoll or Lord Howe island, in the Solomon Islands. Two dialects, Luangiua and Pelau, are also spoken on the island. Ontong Java is commonly used by all speakers, young and old. There is approximately 2,370 residents^[2] of Ontong Java Atoll and has approximately 2,400 (estimated) speakers living on the atoll.

^ Ontong Java at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ "Ontong Java". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2019-10-10.

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

[:0-2] "Ontong Java". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2019-10-10.

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