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