| Savosavo | |
|---|---|
| Spoken in | Solomon Islands |
| Region | Savo Island, north of Guadalcanal, Central Solomons. |
| Native speakers | 2,415 (1999) |
| Language family |
Central Solomons
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | svs |
The Savosavo language is spoken on Savo, a small volcanic island north of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. Savosavo is one of the Central Solomon Papuan languages, unlike most of the languages in the vicinity, which are members of the Oceanic branch of the Austronesian language family. The nearest Papuan language to Savosavo is Lavukaleve.
Claudia Wegener (2006). "Savosavo body part terminology". Language Sciences 28 (2–3): 344–359. doi:10.1016/j.langsci.2005.11.005. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6VD2-4J0Y6S0-1&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=4f8f4d3f6a7f1e7383c23d80df986dd2.