Touo language

Touo language

Infobox Language
name=Touo
states=Solomon Islands
region=South Rendova Island, Western Province.
speakers=1,874 (1999 census).
iso3=tqu
familycolor=Papuan
fam1=East Papuan
fam2=Central Solomons
notice=nonotice

The Touo language is spoken over the southern part of Rendova Island in the Solomon Islands. Touo belongs to the Central Solomons group of the Papuan languages. All the surrounding languages to Touo belong the the Oceanic subgroup of the Austronesian language family.

The Touo language is sometimes called the "Baniata" or "Lokuru" language, after the largest two villages where the language is spoken. The word "Touo" comes from the ethnonym that Touo speakers use to refer to themselves.

ources

cite journal
author=Dunn, Michael
title=Vernacular Literacy in the Touo Language of the Solomon Islands
journal=Current Issues in Language Planning
year=2005
volume=6
issue=2
pages=239–250

cite journal
title=Orthographic design in the Solomon Islands: The social, historical, and linguistic situation of Touo (Baniata)
author=Terrill, Angela; Dunn, Michael
journal=Written Language & Literacy
year=2003
volume=6
issue=2
pages=177–192

External links

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=tqu The Ethnologue page for Touo]


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