Gao language

For the Kra language spoken in China, see Qau language.

For the dialects spoken in Mali, see Songhay languages.

For the Yue Chinese spoken in southwestern Guangdong, China, see Gao-Yang Yue.

Gao (also called Nggao) is an endangered Oceanic language spoken in the Solomon Islands. Its speakers live on Santa Isabel Island.

Gao
Nggao
Native to	Central Solomon Islands
Region	Santa Isabel Island
Native speakers	(1,200 cited 1999)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Northwest Solomonic New Georgia – Ysabel Ysabel East Isabel Gao
Language codes
ISO 639-3	gga
Glottolog	gaoo1237
ELP	Gao
Gao is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

extension of Gao language on Santa Isabel

External links

• Paradisec open access collection of recordings in Gao.
• Paradisec open access collection of field notes on Gao vocabulary.