Rennell-Bellona

MNV

developing

Alternate Names: Rennell, Rennellese, Rennellese-Bellonese

Dialects: Munggava (Mugaba, Rennell), Mungiki (Bellona, Bellonese, Mugiki).

Genealogy:

Austronesian

Malayo-Polynesian

Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian

Eastern Malayo-Polynesian

Oceanic

Central-Eastern Oceanic

Remote Oceanic

Central Pacific

East Fijian-Polynesian

Polynesian

Nuclear

Samoic-Outlier

Futunic

Demographics: 4,390 (1999 SIL).

Language Use: All ages. Also use English [eng].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 30%–60%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Dictionary. NT: 1994.

Typology: VSO.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Solomon Islands