Solomon Islands
Waiting for the first voice
تا مرد سخن نگفته باشد / عیب و هنرش نهفته باشد
Until a man has spoken, his faults and his gifts both stay hidden.
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Did you know
More than 80 local languages, plus dialects, are spoken in Solomon Islands. (source)
Elders in numbers
- of people are 65 or older
- 3.7%
- people aged 65 or older
- 30.8K
- will be 65 or older in 2050
- 7.1%
- is how long people live after 60, on average
- 15.3 years
Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023
Languages
71 languages, 25 of them endangered
- LovonoCritically endangered
- TanemaCritically endangered
- ZazaoCritically endangered
- AsumboaSeverely endangered
- NangguSeverely endangered
- OrohaSeverely endangered
- RirioSeverely endangered
- SikaianaSeverely endangered
- TanimbiliSeverely endangered
- TeanuSeverely endangered
- AnutaDefinitely endangered
- BiluaDefinitely endangered
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- BlablangaDefinitely endangered
- FaganiDefinitely endangered
- GaoDefinitely endangered
- HoavaDefinitely endangered
- KokotaDefinitely endangered
- LavukaleveDefinitely endangered
- LongguDefinitely endangered
- MonoDefinitely endangered
- SavosavoDefinitely endangered
- TouoDefinitely endangered
- ÄiwooVulnerable
- SisiqaVulnerable
- Vaeakau-TaumakoVulnerable
- 'Are'are
- Amba
- Arosi
- Babatana
- Baeggu
- Baelelea
- Bauro
- Birao
- Bughotu
- Cheke Holo
- Dori'o
- Duke
- Fataleka
- Gela
- Ghanongga
- Ghari
- Gilbertese
- Gula'alaa
- Kahua
- Kusaghe
- Kwaio
- Kwara'ae
- Lau
- Lengo
- Lungga
- Malango
- Marovo
- Nalögo
- Natügu
- Ontong Java
- Owa
- Pijin
- Rennellese
- Roviana
- Sa'a
- Simbo
- Solomon Islands Sign Language
- Talise
- Tikopia
- To’abaita
- Ughele
- Vaghua
- Vangunu
- Varisi
- Wala
- Zabana
Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.
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