Gao language

For the dialects spoken in Mali, see Songhay languages.
Gao
Native to Central Solomon Islands
Region Santa Isabel Island
Native speakers
1,200 (1999)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 gga
Glottolog gaoo1237[2]

Gao (also called Nggao) is an endangered Oceanic language spoken in the Solomon Islands. Its speakers live on Santa Isabel Island.

References

  1. Gao at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Gao". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

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