The family of Southeast Solomonic languages is a branch of the Oceanic languages. It consists of some 26 language

Language

Language may refer either to the specifically human capacity for acquiring and using complex systems of communication, or to a specific instance of such a system of complex communication...

s covering the South East Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands is a sovereign state in Oceania, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. It covers a land mass of . The capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal...

, from the tip of Santa Isabel

Santa Isabel Island

Santa Isabel Island is the longest in the Solomon Islands, South Pacific, and the largest in the group of islands in Isabel Province.-Location and geographic data:...

 to Makira

Makira

The island of Makira is the largest island of Makira-Ulawa Province in the Solomon Islands. The island is located east of Guadalcanal and south of Malaita. The largest and capital city is Kirakira....

. The unity of the family and its two branches are fully supported by a 2008 analysis of the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database.

The fact that there is such little diversity amongst this language group when compared to groups of similar size in Melanesia

Melanesia

Melanesia is a subregion of Oceania extending from the western end of the Pacific Ocean to the Arafura Sea, and eastward to Fiji. The region comprises most of the islands immediately north and northeast of Australia...

, suggests that the languages were dispersed in the relatively recent past.

Languages

• Gela–Guadalcanal
  • Bughotu
  • Gela: Lengo, Gela
    Gela language
    Gela is a Southeast Solomonic language spoken in three dialects on four islands in the central Solomon Islands. Each of the dialects is very similar, differing mainly on a small number of phonological points.-Consonants:...
    
    
  • Guadalcanal languages: Birao, Ghari
    Ghari language
    Ghari is an Oceanic language spoken on Guadalcanal island of the Solomon Islands....
    
    , Malango, Talise
• Malaita – San Cristobal
  • Malaita languages
    • Longgu
    • Northern Malaita: Baelelea, Baeggu
      Baeggu language
      The Baeggu language is spoken by the indigenous people of the North Malaita Island in the Solomon Islands. In 1999 there were 5,900 people known to speak the language. The language is largely intelligible with Baelelea, To'aba'ita, and Lau.-External links:*...
      
      , Fataleka, Gula'alaa, Kwaio
      Kwaio language
      The Kwaio language, or Koio, is spoken in the centre of Malaita Island in the Solomon Islands....
      
      , Kwara'ae
      Kwara'ae language
      The Kwara'ae language is spoken in the north of Malaita Island in the Solomon Islands. In 1999 there were 32,400 people known to speak the language. It is the largest indigenous vernacular of the Solomon Islands.-External links:**...
      
      , Wala, Lau
      Lau language (Malaita)
      The Lau language is a Malayo-Polynesian group language spoken on northeast Malaita of the Solomon Islands. As of 1999 it had about 16,937 first-language speakers, with a large number of second-language speakers through Malaitan communities in the Solomon Islands, especially in Honiara.-Sample...
      
      , To'abaita
    • Southern Malaita: 'Are'are
      'Are'are language
      The Are'are language is a language that is spoken by the 'Are'are people, who live mainly on the Solomon Islands. It is spoken by 17,800, which makes them the second largest language in the Solomons after the Kwara'ae...
      
      , Sa'a
      Sa'a language
      Sa'a is an Oceanic language spoken on Small Malaita and Ulawa Island in the Solomon Islands.-External links:* A Liturgy for Melanesia in Sa'a*...
      
      , Dori'o
      Dori'o language
      Dori'o is an Oceanic language of the Solomon Islands.-External links:*...
      
      , Oroha
      Oroha language
      Oroha is an endangered Oceanic language of the Solomon Islands.- Numerals :-External links:* - an online, in-progress grammar of Oroha**...
      
      
  • San Cristobal languages: Arosi
    Arosi language
    The Arosi language is a member of the family of San Cristobal languages, and is spoken in the northwest part of the island of Makira, formerly known as San Cristobal in the Solomon Islands...
    
    , Bauro
    Bauro language
    The Bauro language is a member of the family of San Cristobal languages, and is spoken in the central part of the island of Makira, formerly known as San Cristobal in the Solomon Islands....
    
    , Fagani
    Fagani language
    The Fagani language is a member of the family of San Cristobal languages, and is spoken in the northwest part of the island of Makira, formerly known as San Cristobal in the Solomon Islands....
    
    , Kahua
    Kahua language
    The Kahua language is a member of the family of San Cristobal languages, and is spoken in the southern part of the island of Makira, formerly known as San Cristobal in the Solomon Islands. It has also been called Anganiwai, Narihua, Wanoni....
    
    –Owa
    Owa language
    The Owa language is a language of the Solomon Islands. It is part of the same dialect chain as Kahua, and shares the various alternate names of that dialect.-Description:...