Hoava language

Hoava
Hoava
Native to	Solomon Islands
Region	Marovo Lagoon (Nggerasi Lagoon), New Georgia Island
Native speakers	(460 cited 1999)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Northwest Solomonic New Georgia – Ysabel New Georgia Hoava; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	hoa
Glottolog	hoav1238
ELP	Hoava
	Hoava is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Hoava is an Oceanic language spoken by 1000–1500 people on New Georgia Island, Solomon Islands. Speakers of Hoava are multilingual and usually also speak Roviana, Marovo, Solomon Islands Pijin, English.

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