Northwest Solomonic languages

Northwest Solomonic
Northwest Solomonic
Geographic; distribution	Solomon Islands
Linguistic classification	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Oceanic Meso-Melanesian New Ireland – Northwest Solomonic St George linkage Northwest Solomonic; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Proto-language	Proto-Northwest Solomonic
Glottolog	nort3225

The family of Northwest Solomonic languages is a branch of the Oceanic languages. It includes the Austronesian languages of Bougainville and Buka in Papua New Guinea, and of Choiseul, New Georgia, and Santa Isabel (excluding Bugotu) in Solomon Islands.

The unity of Northwest Solomonic and the number and composition of its subgroups, along with its relationship to other Oceanic groups, was established in pioneering work by Malcolm Ross.

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