Hoava language

Hoava
Native toSolomon Islands
RegionMarovo Lagoon (Nggerasi Lagoon), New Georgia Island
Native speakers
(460 cited 1999)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3hoa
Glottologhoav1238
ELPHoava
Hoava is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Hoava is an Oceanic language spoken by 1000–1500 people on New Georgia Island, Solomon Islands. Speakers of Hoava are multilingual and usually also speak Roviana, Marovo, Solomon Islands Pijin, English.[clarification needed]

  1. ^ Hoava at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)