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island in the group of islands called the Thousand Islands in the Jakarta capital city region.
The similarity deserves further research to establish if this is more than coincidence.

Language Distribution Map in Solomon Islands
75 languages are listed in the Solomon Islands. 68 of these, or or 90.66%, are known
to be members of the Austronesian language family. The seven remaining languages are
from the Central Solomons sub-group of languages. They are spoken in a small number of
islands along the southern edge of the archipelago.

Graph 3: Language Transmission Scale in Solomon Islands

30 0 International
1 National
25 2 Provincial
3 Widespread Communication
20 4 Education

15 5 Developing
6.a Strong
10 6.b Threatened
5 7 Shifting
8.a Dying
0 8.b Nearly Extinct
1 2 3 4 5 6a 6b 7 8a 8b 9 10 9 Fading
10 Extinct

The status of the languages in the Solomon Islands is as follows. Of the 75 languaes
listed, 71 are living. Three of these are institutionalized; 27 are developing; 25 are strong;
8 are weak; and 8 are endangered. Of the endangered languages, 1 is dying, 8a on the
language scale, Anuta Language [aud], and 7 are nearly extinct, 8b on the language
scale. The nearly extinct languages are Asumboa [aua], Laghu [lbg], Lovono [vnk], Ririo
[rri], Tanema [tnx], Tanibili [tbe], and Zazao [jaj]. Four languages are recorded as being
extinct, 10 on the scale. These languages are Dororo [drr], Guliguli [gli], Kazukuru [kzk],
and Rennellese, a sign language [rsi]. The status of the languages in the Solomon Islands
can be seen in the graph.

New Caledonia
The official name of New Caledonia is Nouvelle-Calédonie. It has a population of 262,000.
The literacy rate of New Caledonia people is 96%. New Caledonia does not have the status
of a country, but is a French overseas territory and therefore is a part of France. French

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