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ALSO KNOWN AS		Logu, Südliche Salomons-Inseln
CLASSIFICATION		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Southeast Solomonic
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		lgu
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Information from: “Longgu Grammar” . Deborah Hill (2011) Lincom Europa

Threatened

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,500
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Other estimates put the number of speakers at 750. Hill estimates double that number.

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Longgu is surrounded by Guadalcanal-Nggelic languages. There is pressure for Longgu Speakers to also understand surrounding languages.

GOVERNMENT SUPPORT

No government support

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Solomon Islands Pijin

PLACES: Solomon Islands

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: North east coast of Guadalcanal, around Kaoka Bay. Spoken in the village of Komungelea to the north and Matango to the south.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,890
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from SIL (1999).

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,890
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

		2011	Longgu Grammar		Lincom Europa			Deborah Hill	Deborah Hill. 2011. "Longgu Grammar." Lincom Europa.		1,500	1000-9999	Other estimates put the number of speakers at 750. Hill estimates double that number.	Solomon Islands Pijin	No government support	Threatened (40 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	Longgu is surrounded by Guadalcanal-Nggelic languages. There is pressure for Longgu Speakers to also understand surrounding languages.	12	Solomon Islands	North east coast of Guadalcanal, around Kaoka Bay. Spoken in the village of Komungelea to the north and Matango to the south.	-9.684, 160.656
		2012	"Telling and Re-telling: documenting Longgu (an Oceanic language of the Solomon Islands) folkloric stories and procedural narratives over time" HRELP Abstract				http://www.hrelp.org/grants/projects/index.php?projid=272	Deborah Hill	Hill, Deborah. 2012. ""Telling and Re-telling: Documenting Longgu (an Oceanic Language of the Solomon Islands) Folkloric Stories and Procedural Narratives Over Time" HRELP Abstract." Online: http://www.hrelp.org/grants/projects/index.php?projid=272.		1,890	1000-9999				Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
0199255911		2005	The World Atlas of Language Structures	Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer	Oxford University Press	New York			2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.												-9.75,160.666666667
	16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)	M. Paul Lewis	SIL International	Dallas, TX	http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	1,890	1000-9999	Data for the number of native speakers comes from SIL (1999).			Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)

Longgu

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Threatened

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,500

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,890

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,890

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Longgu

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Threatened

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,500

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,890

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,890

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