Babatana

BAA

developing

Alternate Names: East Choiseul, Mbambatana, Sisiqa

Dialects: Avasö, Babatana, Katazi, Kuboro (Kumboro), Lömaumbi, Sengan (Senga, Sengga, Sisingga).

Genealogy:

Austronesian

Malayo-Polynesian

Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian

Eastern Malayo-Polynesian

Oceanic

Western Oceanic

Meso Melanesian

New Ireland

South New Ireland-Northwest Solomonic

Choiseul

Demographics: 7,070 (1999 SIL). L2 users: Some L2 users.

Language Use: All ages.

Language Development: Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1960–1998.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Solomon Islands