Ghari language

Ghari (also known as Gari, Tangarare, Sughu, and West Guadalcanal) is an Oceanic language spoken on Guadalcanal island of the Solomon Islands.

Ghari
RegionGuadalcanal, Solomon Islands
Native speakers
(12,000 cited 1999)
Austronesian
  • Malayo-Polynesian
    • Oceanic
      • Southeast Solomonic
        • Gela–Guadalcanal
          • Guadalcanal
            • Ghari
Dialects
  • 7,100 Ghari
  • 3,000 Ndi (Vaturanga)
  • 950 Gae (Nggae, Qae)
  • 550 Tandai-Nggaria (Tanaghai)
  • 490 Nginia
  • Geri (Nggeri)
Language codes
ISO 639-3gri
Glottologghar1239

The Vaturanga dialect has been used extensively in missionary and liturgical translations, leading linguist Arthur Capell to describe it as a mission/ecclesiastical language.

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