Lungga (also spelled Luga, Luqa) is a
Malayo-Polynesian language
The Malayo-Polynesian languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages, with approximately 385.5 million speakers. The Malayo-Polynesian languages are spoken by the Austronesian peoples outside of Taiwan, in the island nations of Southeast ...
spoken by about 2,800 people on the southern half of
Ranongga
Ranongga is an island located in the New Georgia Islands group of Western Province, Solomon Islands.
History
Ranongga was sighted in 1787 by sailors Read and Dale.
On August 18, 1959, a seismic sea wave was generated off the west coast of Ranon ...
Island,
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, to the east of Papua New Guinea and north-west of Vanuatu. It has a land area of , and a population of approx. 700,000. Its ca ...
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References
Languages of the Solomon Islands
Northwest Solomonic languages
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