Compilation of Solomon Island speakers

Compilation of Solomon Island speakers from the Kulu Languages Institute workshop, Honiara, 19-23 August 2019. Solomon Islanders speaking: Aiwoo; Bbatana; Bilua; Dugore; Kiribati; Kwara'ae; Lau; Lavukalele; Marovo; Ririo; Sa'a; Tikopia; To'oba'ita; and Zabana. Credit: Debra McDougall for making the videos with assistance from Beth Evans, Debbie Hill, Nick Evans, Nick Thieberger & Wanyima Wighton.
To find out more about the workshop, see this reflection on 'Reviving the spirit of vernacular languages in Solomon Islands' by Debra McDougall:
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To download presentations from the workshop, and see more photos, see this post on the Endangered Languages and Cultures (PARADISEC) blog by Nick Thieberger:
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[@conniekalesi93]

Diversity in my home, I love Solomon Islands and the diversity we have. Stand proud and pass it on to the next generation with pride. We are unique, our everything. Our language is our valued possession never allow another language to dominate it in anyway. Multilinguals for life.

[@tinisamasoni7534]

this is simply amazing. Language is key to open the doors of tomorrow's future. Simply can not emphasize the significant of language presevation

[@junerofeta387]

Fascinating; also emphasises the urgency of language preservation.

[@HAROLDMAESULIA]

Interesting

[@gerrywilliams1392]

I'm half Moluccan, I can easily hear similarities in Dugore language and Moluccan languages. Mai sounds like Mai (to come from in some Moluccan languages) . His language to me feels familiar!

[@joysoyo2416]

And they're well dressed.

[@janetbutler2989]

I am from Vella, part Simbo, Roviana/Bao (Kazuru), Duke, Ysabel/Zabana (Kia)Marovo, Ugele, Kiribati. Am fluently speaking Simbo, Vella, Roviana. I can switch from one language to another which I unique speaking 3 languages. I speak Kiribati, Tuvalu, cook Island, Niue, Tokelau, Damoa, Tonga, Fiji, Now Te Reo Maori language

[@lukemamaeramosaea6782]

If this particular program is still on or coordinated by our government or any institution in the country (SI), please incorporate this very important subject (ie Solomon Islands language or linguistics) in our school syllabus and SINU course program as well.. This is a very important subject that we as Solomon Islanders must keep alive and maintain as our identity..

[@user-lh7yo6mi2c]

Best na ya bro

[@Xenoverse999]

Love it♥️

[@jackwaneuma5704]

West duim good, bro lo North yia should no mixim pidgin inside.

[@oosns-io4246]

Wow no one from east Gaule ! love the cohesion of the video tho.

[@slagosmakapi5481]

This languages are actually intertwined with our African bantu languages that is impressive

[@oosns-io4246]

@@slagosmakapi5481 which one specifically?

[@marlonpkeni2528]

Someone used the words 'start' and 'special' in his dialect

[@conniekalesi93]

Umi diferent but hem na mekem umi spesol. No letem nara langus for kilim na blo umi. stanap strong en lanem oketa pikinini blo umi. Hem no rong fo savi lo nara langus bat blo u hem na fest impotent wan. God blesim Solomon Aelan wetem staka langus so umi mas continiu fo usim n tisam lo oketa wea bon bihaen lo umi.

[@ggtitibohui]

Sounds srilanka

[@komeseetv5843]

These are Africans really. Amazing.

[@slagosmakapi5481]

Exactly this languages are related to our bantu languages of Africa

[@oosns-io4246]

We are not African, we are Melanesian and Polynesian. However, we did migrate a thousand years ago. Which I believe was before africans went to America as slaves. So high possibility that we do have similar language to the Bantu languages

[@komeseetv5843]

Hello Oosns-io. Why we say your people are technically Africans irrespective of when slave migrations took place is clear. The colour pigmentation and facial features like the hair texture, the nostrils and the mouth are very similar to those of the African. Like we all can agree that the African continent is the home of Africans according to archeological findings, so migrations may have taken place millions of years ago which may not have been physically documented because of the time in question. From ancient maps, we have been made to understand that the continents where once joint together and so, the possibility of migration from such a long way from Africa becomes a much greater possibility. So, like I said earlier on, the people of many of these islands are mostly of African descent irrespective of how they got there.

[@gerrywilliams1392]

Same can be said about Europeans? Europeans and even Chinese people are closer to Africans in terms of human migration out of Africa as Melanesians were some of the first waves out of Africa 50-100k years ago​@komeseetv5843

[@nellyjohnson7316]

I wonder if these people have been corrupted by having been exposed to western culture.😢