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Language and Literature : Solomon Islands

This pathfinder includes information about language and literature in the Solomon Islands.

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English in the South Pacific  (http://www.vanuatu.usp.ac.fj/paclangunit/English%5FSouth%5FPacific.htm)
Part of the Pacific Languages Unit's web site, this page provides an article by John Lynch and France Mugler about the use of English in Melanesia and Polynesia.

Languages of Solomon Islands  (http://www.ethnologue.com/show%5Fcountry.asp?name=Solomon+Islands)
Produced by missionaries cum linguists involved in the Summer Institute of Linguistics, this web site has extensive data on the languages of the Solomon Islands. It includes spoken living languages, extinct languages and sign language.

Polynesian Languages and Literature Group  (http://www.ling.su.se/pollinet/index.html)
This is the web site of the Polynesian Language and Literature Group at the Linguistic Department at the University of Stockholm. The site contains linguistic information about Polynesian languages including Anutan, Luangiua, Pileni, Rennellese, Sikaiana and Tikopia that are spoken in the Solomon Islands.

Rennellese  (http://www.ling.su.se/pollinet/facts/ren.html)
Part of the Polynesian Language and Literature Group's electronic home hosted by the Linguistic Department at the University of Stockholm, these page contains information about Rennellese, a language spoken on Rennell and Bellona Islands.

Solomon Islands Literature  (http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/4665/SILit.htm)
This web page features literature with Solomon Islands themes.

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