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Where is Owa spoken?

Owa is an Austronesian language, spoken in the Solomon Islands. It is marked on the map by a ringed point.

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Language families (largest ten)

  • Atlantic-Congo
  • Austronesian
  • Sino-Tibetan
  • Indo-European
  • Afro-Asiatic
  • Nuclear Trans New Guinea
  • Otomanguean
  • Austroasiatic
  • Tai-Kadai
  • Pama-Nyungan

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Where Owa is spoken

Owa is spoken in one country: the Solomon Islands.

Country
Solomon Islands

Owa has no area on the map because no open area map covers it. The ringed point is the position Glottolog gives for the language.

How many people speak Owa?

Wikidata holds no speaker count for this language.

Status: Not endangered. Glottolog lists it as not endangered: it is still being passed on to children.

Where Owa sits in the language family tree

Glottolog classifies Owa as follows, from the largest family down to the language itself.

  1. Austronesian
  2. Malayo-Polynesian
  3. Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
  4. Oceanic
  5. Southeast Solomonic
  6. Longgu-Malaita-Makira
  7. Malaita-Makira
  8. Makira
  9. Owa

Related languages

Other languages in the Makira group:

More about Owa

Codes: ISO 639-3 stn, Glottolog owaa1237. Glottolog macroarea: Papunesia.

Questions about Owa

Where is Owa spoken?

Owa is spoken in the Solomon Islands. On the map it is shown as a single point, because no open area map covers it.

Which language family is Owa in?

Glottolog places Owa in the Austronesian family, in the branch Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Southeast Solomonic, Longgu-Malaita-Makira, Malaita-Makira and Makira.

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