Fagani

FAF

threatened

Alternate Names: Faghani

Dialects: Agufi, Fagani, Rihu’a.

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Central-Eastern Oceanic
Southeast Solomonic
Malaita-San Cristobal
San Cristobal

Demographics: 900 (1999 SIL).

Language Use: Some children shifting to Roviana [rug] (Wurm 2007). Most are bilingual in Roviana [rug] (Wurm 2007).

Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Grammar.

Nation of Origin: Solomon Islands

Other Comments: Separate from Arosi , (Tryon 1982).