Solomon Islands: On The Position Of Bugotu And Gela In The Guadalcanal-Nggelic Subgroup Of Oceanic

Solomon Islands: On The Position Of Bugotu And Gela In The Guadalcanal-Nggelic Subgroup Of Oceanic Andrew Pawley, 2011   Guadalcanal-Nggelic (GN) is one of two branches of the Southeast Solomonic subgroup of Oceanic. Citing phonological and lexicostatistical evidence, several scholars have proposed an internal classification of GN in which Bugotu is an isolate, coordinate with a branch consisting of all remaining languages including Gela. This paper will argue that there are stronger...

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