Ysabel languages

Santa Isabel
Geographic distribution	Santa Isabel Island
Linguistic classification	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Oceanic Meso-Melanesian Core Meso-Melanesian St George linkage Northwest Solomonic Santa Isabel
Language codes

The seven Santa Isabel languages are a group of Northwest Solomonic languages.

Languages

The unity of the Santa Isabel languages is fully supported by a 2008 analysis of the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database The internal structure differs; however, according to Ethnologue, the languages in question (the Central and Eastern Santa Isabel languages) are close enough that they can use the same literature.

• West Santa Isabel
  • Zabana (Kia)
  • Laghu (extinct)
• Central–East Isabel
  • Kokota
  • Zazao–Holo
    • Zazao (Kilokaka)
    • Cheke Holo (Maringe and Hograno)

There are two other languages in Ethnologue not included in the 2008 analysis: Blablanga, classified as Central with Kokota and Zazao, and Gao, classified as Eastern with Cheke Holo.