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

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.