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Zazao language

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Zazao
Native toCentral Solomon Islands
RegionSanta Isabel Island
Native speakers
(10 cited 1999)[1]
Austronesian
Language codes
ISO 639-3jaj
Glottologzaza1245
ELPZazao
Zazao is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Zazao is an Oceanic language spoken in the Solomon Islands. Its speakers live on Santa Isabel Island. It is classified as “critically endangered” by the UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, because its speakers usually speak the Cheke Holo language or the Zabana language.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Zazao at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ "Zazao". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2017-10-06.