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- Sowa_language abstract "Sowa was the original language of south-central Pentecost island in Vanuatu. In recent times it has been totally displaced by Apma, a neighbouring language. Sowa was closely related to Ske, another south Pentecost language.Sowa was originally spoken on both western and eastern sides of Pentecost. Melsisi River formed the language's north-western boundary, and its range extended southwards to a creek near the village of Levizendam. Following the depopulation of Pentecost that occurred after the introduction of European diseases, men from Sowa-speaking areas were forced to marry women from other parts of Pentecost, who were mostly Apma speakers. As a result, by the 1960s, Apma had totally replaced Sowa as the predominant local language. The last native Sowa speaker, Maurice Tabi of Vanvat village, died in 2000.Today, a few local people whose fathers or mothers were Sowa speakers still remember parts of the language, although none speak it fluently. A couple, including Isaiah Tabi Vahka of Waterfall Village and Adam Bulesisbwat of Lesuubelakan, compiled short written notes on Sowa in an attempt to ensure that the language was not lost. The only linguist to have studied Sowa while the language was still alive was David Walsh, who collected a vocabulary list in 1969, although Walsh's main informant (John Bule Seesee of Bwaravet village) was not a native Sowa speaker. Andrew Gray, a British schoolteacher at Ranwadi College, worked with speakers' children in the late 2000s to try to reconstruct the basics of the language.Some people in the former Sowa area see the language as a part of their cultural heritage and lament its loss. There is talk of reviving Sowa, although this is not a high priority for most local people, and records are insufficient to allow a fully authentic restoration of the language.".
- Sowa_language iso6393Code "sww".
- Sowa_language languageFamily Malayo-Polynesian_languages.
- Sowa_language languageFamily Oceanic_languages.
- Sowa_language languageFamily Southern_Oceanic_languages.
- Sowa_language languageFamily Vanuatu.
- Sowa_language spokenIn Pentecost.
- Sowa_language spokenIn Vanuatu.
- Sowa_language wikiPageExternalLink sowa.
- Sowa_language wikiPageID "8660333".
- Sowa_language wikiPageLength "11563".
- Sowa_language wikiPageOutDegree "47".
- Sowa_language wikiPageRevisionID "680630211".
- Sowa_language wikiPageWikiLink Affirmative_and_negative.
- Sowa_language wikiPageWikiLink Apma_language.
- Sowa_language wikiPageWikiLink Article_(grammar).
- Sowa_language wikiPageWikiLink Category:East_Vanuatu_languages.
- Sowa_language wikiPageWikiLink Category:Extinct_languages_of_Oceania.
- Sowa_language wikiPageWikiLink Category:Languages_of_Vanuatu.
- Sowa_language wikiPageWikiLink Consonant.
- Sowa_language wikiPageWikiLink Darrell_Tryon.
- Sowa_language wikiPageWikiLink East_Vanuatu_languages.
- Sowa_language wikiPageWikiLink Grammatical_aspect.
- Sowa_language wikiPageWikiLink Grammatical_gender.
- Sowa_language wikiPageWikiLink Grammatical_mood.
- Sowa_language wikiPageWikiLink Grammatical_number.
- Sowa_language wikiPageWikiLink Grammatical_person.
- Sowa_language wikiPageWikiLink Grammatical_tense.
- Sowa_language wikiPageWikiLink Imperative_mood.
- Sowa_language wikiPageWikiLink Intransitive_verb.
- Sowa_language wikiPageWikiLink Malayo-Polynesian_languages.
- Sowa_language wikiPageWikiLink Minimal_pair.
- Sowa_language wikiPageWikiLink Oceanic_languages.
- Sowa_language wikiPageWikiLink Pentecost.
- Sowa_language wikiPageWikiLink Pentecost_Island.
- Sowa_language wikiPageWikiLink Plural.
- Sowa_language wikiPageWikiLink Prenasalized_consonant.
- Sowa_language wikiPageWikiLink Raga_language.
- Sowa_language wikiPageWikiLink Ranwadi_High_School.
- Sowa_language wikiPageWikiLink Saa_language.
- Sowa_language wikiPageWikiLink Serial_verb_construction.
- Sowa_language wikiPageWikiLink Ske_language.
- Sowa_language wikiPageWikiLink Southern_Oceanic_languages.
- Sowa_language wikiPageWikiLink Stative_verb.
- Sowa_language wikiPageWikiLink Transitive_verb.
- Sowa_language wikiPageWikiLink Vanuatu.
- Sowa_language wikiPageWikiLink Vanuu.
- Sowa_language wikiPageWikiLink Vowel.
- Sowa_language wikiPageWikiLinkText "Sowa language".
- Sowa_language wikiPageWikiLinkText "Sowa".
- Sowa_language extinct "c. 2000, with the death of Maurice Tabi".
- Sowa_language fam East_Vanuatu_languages.
- Sowa_language fam Malayo-Polynesian_languages.
- Sowa_language fam Oceanic_languages.
- Sowa_language fam Southern_Oceanic_languages.
- Sowa_language fam "Vanuatu".
- Sowa_language familycolor "Austronesian".
- Sowa_language glotto "sowa1244".
- Sowa_language glottorefname "Sowa".
- Sowa_language iso "sww".
- Sowa_language name "Sowa".
- Sowa_language region "Pentecost island".
- Sowa_language states Vanuatu.
- Sowa_language wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Infobox_language.
- Sowa_language wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Languages_of_Vanuatu.
- Sowa_language wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Reflist.
- Sowa_language wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Southern_Oceanic_languages.
- Sowa_language subject Category:East_Vanuatu_languages.
- Sowa_language subject Category:Extinct_languages_of_Oceania.
- Sowa_language subject Category:Languages_of_Vanuatu.
- Sowa_language hypernym Language.
- Sowa_language type Language.
- Sowa_language type Language.
- Sowa_language type Redirect.
- Sowa_language type Language.
- Sowa_language type Thing.
- Sowa_language type Q315.
- Sowa_language type Q34770.
- Sowa_language comment "Sowa was the original language of south-central Pentecost island in Vanuatu. In recent times it has been totally displaced by Apma, a neighbouring language. Sowa was closely related to Ske, another south Pentecost language.Sowa was originally spoken on both western and eastern sides of Pentecost. Melsisi River formed the language's north-western boundary, and its range extended southwards to a creek near the village of Levizendam.".
- Sowa_language label "Sowa language".
- Sowa_language sameAs Q7571843.
- Sowa_language sameAs Lenga_Sowa.
- Sowa_language sameAs m.027cz2k.
- Sowa_language sameAs Сова_(язык).
- Sowa_language sameAs Kisowa.
- Sowa_language sameAs Q7571843.
- Sowa_language wasDerivedFrom Sowa_language?oldid=680630211.
- Sowa_language isPrimaryTopicOf Sowa_language.
- Sowa_language name "Sowa".