Lavukaleve is one of the four Central Solomons languages of the

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. It is thus assumed to be the descendant of the languages spoken in the Solomon Islands before the spread of the much more numerous Austronesian languages. The name Lavukaleve derives from the ethnonym '' Lavukal''. The Lavukals are the indigenous peoples of the

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, part of the Solomon Islands Central Province. A comprehensive grammatical description of Lavukaleve was published by the linguist Angela Terrill in 2003. Lavukaleve is spoken in about eleven main villages. It used to be spoken predominantly on Pavuvu, the largest island, but the speakers were forcefully relocated by the British to the smaller islands in order to make way for plantations.

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Anglican Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer, Eucharistic prayers and Catechism in Lavukaleve
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, transcribed by Richard Mammana
Hai-Foiae Sevo Lavu Kaleve Ena
A Liturgy for Melanesia in Lavukaleve (1973) * Materials on Lavukaleve are included in the open access

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