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Solomon Islands

Information about Solomon Islands

Region: Oceania
Capital: Honiara
Population: 740,000
Area (sq km): 27,556
FIPS Country Code: BP
ISO Country Code: sb
GRN Office: Global Recordings Network Australia

About the Solomon Islands

The Solomon Islands is a small country, consisting of 7 major volcanic islands plus numerous smaller coral atolls.

The capital is Honiara on Guadalcanal Island.

The population as at 2000 was made up of Melanesians 90.7%; Polynesians 3.7%; Other 5.6%.

Literacy is 54%, the lowest literacy rate in the Pacific.

The official language English. Trade language, Solomons Pijin, spoken by half the population.

There are a total of 66 languages, but up to 120 if distinct dialects are included.

Two languages have full Bibles, and 10 have New Testaments.

There is freedom of religion with a strong Christian emphasis. Cargo Cults (1.9%), Traditional ethnic (1.5%), Baha'i (0.4%).

The land has been so exposed to the gospel that only pockets of animists on Guadalcanal and Malaita resist it. Yet the continued influence of syncretistic or almost pagan 'cargo cults', which have prompted an exodus from churches in the past, shows the need for a personal appropriation of the gospel by each generation.

Map of Solomon Islands

Language varieties spoken in Solomon Islands

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Found 94 language names

Amba (Temotu) - ISO Language [utp] - Indigenous language volume_up
AreAre (Malaita) - ISO Language [alu] - Indigenous language volume_up
AreAre: Davovitu/Gabata (Guadalcanal) - Language Variety [alu] - Indigenous language volume_up
AreAre: Marau Sound (Guadalcanal) - Language Variety [alu] - Indigenous language volume_up
Arosi (Makira) - ISO Language [aia] - Indigenous language volume_up
Arosi: Wango (Makira) - Language Variety [aia] - Indigenous language volume_up
Babatana: Sisiqa (Western) - Language Variety [baa] - Indigenous language volume_up
Baebo (Malaita) - Language Variety [bvd] - Indigenous language volume_up
Baegu (Malaita) - ISO Language [bvd] - Indigenous language volume_up
Baelelea (Malaita) - ISO Language [bvc] - Indigenous language volume_up
Bambatana (Western) - ISO Language [baa] - Indigenous language volume_up
Baniata (Western) - ISO Language [tqu] - Indigenous language volume_up
Bareke (Western) - Language Variety [mpr] - Indigenous language volume_up
Bauro: Haununu (Makira) - Language Variety [bxa] - Indigenous language volume_up
Bilua (Western) - ISO Language [blb] - Indigenous language volume_up
Birao (Guadalcanal) - ISO Language [brr] - Indigenous language volume_up
Bughotu (Isabel) - ISO Language [bgt] - Indigenous language volume_up
Bululaha & Malapaina (Malaita) - Language Variety [mnm] volume_up
Cheke Holo (Isabel) - ISO Language [mrn] - Indigenous language volume_up
Cheke Holo & Kokota (Isabel) - Language Variety [kkk] - Indigenous language volume_up
Cheke Holo: Maringe (Isabel) - Language Variety [mrn] - Indigenous language volume_up
Dori'o (Malaita) - ISO Language [dor] - Indigenous language volume_up
Dovele (Western) - Language Variety [blb] - Indigenous language volume_up
Duke (Western) - ISO Language [nke] - Indigenous language volume_up
English: USA (United States of America) - Language Variety [eng] - Official language volume_up
Fataleka (Malaita) - ISO Language [far] - Indigenous language volume_up
Fautharii (Malaita) - Language Variety [far] - Indigenous language volume_up
Gao (Isabel) - ISO Language [gga] - Indigenous language volume_up
Gela (Central Islands) - ISO Language [nlg] - Indigenous language volume_up
Ghanongga (Western) - ISO Language [ghn] - Indigenous language volume_up
Ghari (Guadalcanal) - ISO Language [gri] - Indigenous language volume_up
Ghari: Vaturanga (Guadalcanal) - Language Variety [gri] - Indigenous language volume_up
Gula'alaa (Malaita) - ISO Language [gmb] - Indigenous language volume_up
Gula'alaa/Uru (Malaita) - Language Variety [gmb] - Indigenous language volume_up
Hagaruhi (Makira) - Language Variety [agw] - Indigenous language volume_up
Hega (Makira) - ISO Language [agw] - Indigenous language volume_up
Hoava (Western) - ISO Language [hoa] - Indigenous language volume_up
Hoava & Kusaghe (Western) - Language Variety [ksg] - Indigenous language volume_up
Hua (Guadalcanal) - Language Variety [lgr] - Indigenous language volume_up
Irigila (Western) - Language Variety [blb] - Indigenous language volume_up
Kiribati: Solomon Islands (Choiseul) - Language Variety [gil] - Indigenous language volume_up
Korutalau Group (Malaita) - Language Group [apb] - Indigenous language volume_up
Kusaghe (Solomon Islands) - ISO Language [ksg] - Indigenous language volume_up
Kwaio (Malaita) - ISO Language [kwd] - Indigenous language volume_up
Kwara'ae (Malaita) - ISO Language [kwf] - Indigenous language volume_up
Langa-Langa (Malaita) - ISO Language [lgl] - Indigenous language volume_up
Lau (Malaita) - ISO Language [llu] - Indigenous language volume_up
Lavukaleve (Central Islands) - ISO Language [lvk] - Indigenous language volume_up
Lengo (Guadalcanal) - ISO Language [lgr] - Indigenous language volume_up
Lengo: Aola (Guadalcanal) - Language Variety [lgr] - Indigenous language volume_up
Lengo: Gua (Guadalcanal) - Language Variety [lgr] - Indigenous language volume_up
Lengo: Paripao (Guadalcanal) - Language Variety [lgr] - Indigenous language volume_up
Lengo: Vidiki (Guadalcanal) - Language Variety [lgr] - Indigenous language volume_up
Longgu (Guadalcanal) - ISO Language [lgu] - Indigenous language volume_up
Luga (Western) - Language Variety [lga] - Indigenous language volume_up
Lunga (Western) - ISO Language [lga] - Indigenous language volume_up
Malango (Guadalcanal) - ISO Language [mln] - Indigenous language volume_up
Marovo (Western) - ISO Language [mvo] - Indigenous language volume_up
Mono (Western) - ISO Language [mte] - Indigenous language volume_up
Mono: Alu (Western) - Language Variety [mte] - Indigenous language volume_up
Mono: Fauro (Western) - Language Variety [mte] - Indigenous language volume_up
Natugu (Temotu) - ISO Language [ntu] - Indigenous language volume_up
Natugu: Ndeni (Temotu) - Language Variety [ntu] - Indigenous language volume_up
Navlopento (Temotu) - Language Variety [nlz] - Indigenous language volume_up
Nieuwa (Temotu) - Language Variety [nfl] - Indigenous language volume_up
Ontong Java: Luangiua (Malaita) - Language Variety [ojv] - Indigenous language volume_up
Oroha (Malaita) - ISO Language [ora] - Indigenous language volume_up
Owa (Makira) - ISO Language [stn] - Indigenous language volume_up
Owa Rafa (Makira) - Language Variety [agw] - Indigenous language volume_up
Parego (Makira) - Language Variety [bxa] - Indigenous language volume_up
Pijin (Solomon Islands) - ISO Language [pis] - Indigenous language volume_up
Pileni (Temotu) - ISO Language [piv] - Indigenous language volume_up
Rennellese (Central Islands) - ISO Language [mnv] - Indigenous language volume_up
Roviana (Western) - ISO Language [rug] - Indigenous language volume_up
Sa'a (Malaita) - ISO Language [apb] - Indigenous language volume_up
Sa'a: Uki Ni Masi (Malaita) - Language Variety [apb] - Indigenous language volume_up
Sa'a: Ulawa (Malaita) - Language Variety [apb] - Indigenous language volume_up
Savosavo (Central Islands) - ISO Language [svs] - Indigenous language volume_up
Sikaiana (Malaita) - ISO Language [sky] - Indigenous language volume_up
Simbo (Western) - ISO Language [sbb] - Indigenous language volume_up
Star Harbour (Makira) - Language Variety [agw] - Indigenous language volume_up
Tairaha (Makira) - ISO Language [bxa] - Indigenous language volume_up
Talise: Koo (Guadalcanal) - Language Variety [tlr] - Indigenous language volume_up
Talise: Poleo (Guadalcanal) - Language Variety [tlr] - Indigenous language volume_up
Talise: Tolo (Temotu) - Language Variety [tlr] - Indigenous language volume_up
Te Motu (Temotu) - Language Variety [ntu] volume_up
Tikopia (Temotu) - ISO Language [tkp] - Indigenous language volume_up
To'abaita (Malaita) - ISO Language [mlu] - Indigenous language volume_up
Vaghua (Western) - ISO Language [tva] - Indigenous language volume_up
Vangunu (Western) - ISO Language [mpr] - Indigenous language volume_up
Vanikoro (Temotu) - ISO Language [vnk] - Indigenous language volume_up
Varisi (Western) - ISO Language [vrs] - Indigenous language volume_up
Veuru Moli (Guadalcanal) - Language Variety [tlr] - Indigenous language volume_up
Zabana (Isabel) - ISO Language [kji] - Indigenous language volume_up

People Groups in Solomon Islands

Anuta ▪ Areare ▪ Arosi ▪ Asumbua ▪ Babatana ▪ Baeggu ▪ Baelelea ▪ Baniata ▪ Bauro ▪ Bilua ▪ Birao ▪ Blablanga ▪ Bugoto ▪ Deaf ▪ Dorio ▪ Duke ▪ Euronesian ▪ Fagani ▪ Fataleka ▪ Fijian ▪ Fiu ▪ Florida Islander, Nggela ▪ Gao ▪ Ghari ▪ Gulaalaa ▪ Han Chinese, Mandarin ▪ Hoava ▪ Kahua ▪ Kiribertese ▪ Kokota ▪ Kumbokota ▪ Kusaghe ▪ Kwaio ▪ Langalanga ▪ Lau ▪ Lengo ▪ Longgu ▪ Lungga ▪ Malango ▪ Maringe, Cheke Holo ▪ Marovo ▪ Mono, Alu ▪ Nalogo ▪ Nanggu ▪ Natugu ▪ Nembao ▪ Neo-Melanesian Papuan ▪ Oloha ▪ Ontong Java Islander ▪ Pileni ▪ Reef Islander ▪ Rennellese ▪ Ririo ▪ Roviana ▪ Russel Islander ▪ Saa, South Malaita ▪ Santa Ana ▪ Savo Islander ▪ Sikayana ▪ Simbo ▪ Solomoni Creole ▪ Talise ▪ Tavula ▪ Teanu, Buma ▪ Tikopia ▪ To'ambaita ▪ Ugele ▪ Vangunu ▪ Vanuatu Melanesian ▪ Varese ▪ Zabana

News about Solomon Islands

About the Solomon Islands - The Solomon Islands consist of 7 major volcanic islands plus numerous smaller coral atolls.