Ontong Java language

Ontong Java
Luangiua
Native toSolomon Islands
RegionOntong Java Atoll
Native speakers
(2,400 cited 1999)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3ojv
Glottologonto1237

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.

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