Laghu language

{{short description|Extinct Austronesian language in the Solomon Islands}} {{distinguish|text = Laghuu, a Loloish language of Northwestern Vietnam}} {{redirect|Laghu|the term in Sanskrit prosody|Laghu (prosody)}} {{Infobox language |name=Laghu |region=Santa Isabel Island |extinct=1984 |familycolor=Austronesian |fam2=Malayo-Polynesian |fam3=Oceanic |fam4=Northwest Solomonic |fam5=New Georgia – Ysabel |fam6=Ysabel |fam7=West Isabel |iso3=lgb |glotto=lagh1246 |glottorefname=Laghu }}

'''Laghu''' (pronounced {{IPA|lgb|laɡu|}}), also known as '''Hoatana''' or '''Katova''', is an extinct language of Santa Isabel in the Solomon Islands. Its last speaker died in 1984. People in the villages of Baolo and Samasodu, where it used to be spoken, now speak the neighboring Zabana language, which is more widely spoken and still expanding (Palmer 2009:1-2).

==References== {{Reflist}} * Palmer, Bill. 2009. ''Kokota Grammar.'' Oceanic Linguistics Special Publication No. 35. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. {{ISBN|978-0-8248-3251-3}}.

Category:Extinct languages of the Solomon Islands Category:Languages extinct in the 1980s Category:Ysabel languages