Southeast Solomonic languages

Southeast Solomonic
Geographic distribution	Eastern Solomon Islands
Linguistic classification	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Central–Eastern Oceanic Southeast Solomonic
Proto-language	Proto-Southeast Solomonic
Subdivisions	Gela–Guadalcanal Malaita – San Cristobal
Language codes
Glottolog	sout2853
Southeast Solomons

The family of Southeast Solomonic languages forms a branch of the Oceanic languages. It consists of some 26 languages covering the Eastern Solomon Islands, from the tip of Santa Isabel to Makira. It is defined by the merger of Proto-Oceanic *l and *R. 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.^[1] Bugotu, Gela and "supposedly" Lengo are three of the most conservative languages.