Islas Salomón
Información acerca de Islas Salomón
Region: Oceanía
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.
Idiomas y dialectos hablados en Islas Salomón
Encontrado 94 nombes de idiomas
'Are'are (Malaita) - ISO Language [alu] - $a idioma
Amba (Temotu) - ISO Language [utp] - $a idioma
AreAre: Davovitu/Gabata (Guadalcanal) - Language Variety [alu] - $a idioma
AreAre: Marau Sound (Guadalcanal) - Language Variety [alu] - $a idioma
Arosi (Makira) - ISO Language [aia] - $a idioma
Arosi: Wango (Makira) - Language Variety [aia] - $a idioma
Babatana (Western) - ISO Language [baa] - $a idioma
Babatana: Sisiqa (Western) - Language Variety [baa] - $a idioma
Baebo (Malaita) - Language Variety [bvd] - $a idioma
Baegu (Malaita) - ISO Language [bvd] - $a idioma
Baelelea (Malaita) - ISO Language [bvc] - $a idioma
Baniata (Western) - ISO Language [tqu] - $a idioma
Bareke (Western) - Language Variety [mpr] - $a idioma
Bauro: Haununu (Makira) - Language Variety [bxa] - $a idioma
Bilua (Western) - ISO Language [blb] - $a idioma
Birao (Guadalcanal) - ISO Language [brr] - $a idioma
Bughotu (Isabel) - ISO Language [bgt] - $a idioma
Bululaha & Malapaina (Malaita) - Language Variety [mnm]
Cheke Holo (Isabel) - ISO Language [mrn] - $a idioma
Cheke Holo & Kokota (Isabel) - Language Variety [kkk] - $a idioma
Cheke Holo: Maringe (Isabel) - Language Variety [mrn] - $a idioma
Dori'o (Malaita) - ISO Language [dor] - $a idioma
Dovele (Western) - Language Variety [blb] - $a idioma
Duke (Western) - ISO Language [nke] - $a idioma
English: USA (United States of America) - Language Variety [eng] - $a idioma
Fataleka (Malaita) - ISO Language [far] - $a idioma
Fautharii (Malaita) - Language Variety [far] - $a idioma
Gao (Isabel) - ISO Language [gga] - $a idioma
Gela (Central Islands) - ISO Language [nlg] - $a idioma
Ghanongga (Western) - ISO Language [ghn] - $a idioma
Ghari (Guadalcanal) - ISO Language [gri] - $a idioma
Ghari: Vaturanga (Guadalcanal) - Language Variety [gri] - $a idioma
Gula'alaa (Malaita) - ISO Language [gmb] - $a idioma
Gula'alaa/Uru (Malaita) - Language Variety [gmb] - $a idioma
Hagaruhi (Makira) - Language Variety [agw] - $a idioma
Hoava (Western) - ISO Language [hoa] - $a idioma
Hoava & Kusaghe (Western) - Language Variety [ksg] - $a idioma
Hua (Guadalcanal) - Language Variety [lgr] - $a idioma
Irigila (Western) - Language Variety [blb] - $a idioma
Kahua (Makira) - ISO Language [agw] - $a idioma
Kiribati: Solomon Islands (Choiseul) - Language Variety [gil] - $a idioma
Korutalau Group (Malaita) - Language Group [apb] - $a idioma
Kusaghe (Solomon Islands) - ISO Language [ksg] - $a idioma
Kwaio (Malaita) - ISO Language [kwd] - $a idioma
Kwara'ae (Malaita) - ISO Language [kwf] - $a idioma
Langa-Langa (Malaita) - ISO Language [lgl] - $a idioma
Lau (Malaita) - ISO Language [llu] - $a idioma
Lavukaleve (Central Islands) - ISO Language [lvk] - $a idioma
Lengo (Guadalcanal) - ISO Language [lgr] - $a idioma
Lengo: Aola (Guadalcanal) - Language Variety [lgr] - $a idioma
Lengo: Gua (Guadalcanal) - Language Variety [lgr] - $a idioma
Lengo: Paripao (Guadalcanal) - Language Variety [lgr] - $a idioma
Lengo: Vidiki (Guadalcanal) - Language Variety [lgr] - $a idioma
Longgu (Guadalcanal) - ISO Language [lgu] - $a idioma
Luga (Western) - Language Variety [lga] - $a idioma
Lunga (Western) - ISO Language [lga] - $a idioma
Malango (Guadalcanal) - ISO Language [mln] - $a idioma
Marovo (Western) - ISO Language [mvo] - $a idioma
Mono (Western) - ISO Language [mte] - $a idioma
Mono: Alu (Western) - Language Variety [mte] - $a idioma
Mono: Fauro (Western) - Language Variety [mte] - $a idioma
Natugu (Temotu) - ISO Language [ntu] - $a idioma
Natugu: Ndeni (Temotu) - Language Variety [ntu] - $a idioma
Navlopento (Temotu) - Language Variety [nlz] - $a idioma
Nieuwa (Temotu) - Language Variety [nfl] - $a idioma
Ontong Java: Luangiua (Malaita) - Language Variety [ojv] - $a idioma
Oroha (Malaita) - ISO Language [ora] - $a idioma
Owa (Makira) - ISO Language [stn] - $a idioma
Owa Rafa (Makira) - Language Variety [agw] - $a idioma
Parego (Makira) - Language Variety [bxa] - $a idioma
Pijin (Solomon Islands) - ISO Language [pis] - $a idioma
Pileni (Temotu) - ISO Language [piv] - $a idioma
Rennellese (Central Islands) - ISO Language [mnv] - $a idioma
Roviana (Western) - ISO Language [rug] - $a idioma
Sa'a (Malaita) - ISO Language [apb] - $a idioma
Sa'a: Uki Ni Masi (Malaita) - Language Variety [apb] - $a idioma
Sa'a: Ulawa (Malaita) - Language Variety [apb] - $a idioma
Savosavo (Central Islands) - ISO Language [svs] - $a idioma
Sikaiana (Malaita) - ISO Language [sky] - $a idioma
Simbo (Western) - ISO Language [sbb] - $a idioma
Star Harbour (Makira) - Language Variety [agw] - $a idioma
Tairaha (Makira) - ISO Language [bxa] - $a idioma
Talise: Koo (Guadalcanal) - Language Variety [tlr] - $a idioma
Talise: Poleo (Guadalcanal) - Language Variety [tlr] - $a idioma
Talise: Tolo (Temotu) - Language Variety [tlr] - $a idioma
Te Motu (Temotu) - Language Variety [ntu]
Tikopia (Temotu) - ISO Language [tkp] - $a idioma
To'abaita (Malaita) - ISO Language [mlu] - $a idioma
Vaghua (Western) - ISO Language [tva] - $a idioma
Vangunu (Western) - ISO Language [mpr] - $a idioma
Vanikoro (Temotu) - ISO Language [vnk] - $a idioma
Varisi (Western) - ISO Language [vrs] - $a idioma
Veuru Moli (Guadalcanal) - Language Variety [tlr] - $a idioma
Zabana (Isabel) - ISO Language [kji] - $a idioma
Grupos de Personas Islas Salomón
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