Language Endangerment and Sustainable Futures in Solomon Islands Part 2: The Kulu Language Institute

Abstract

This In Brief forms the second part of a two-part series examining language endangerment in Solomon Islands. The first part situated language endangerment in Solomon Islands in the context of broader issues of language and cultural endangerment in the Pacific. It sought to show that languages and cultures are being lost at a rapid rate, and that while top-down government policies are often inadequate to stem the tide of loss, grassroots developments may hold the key to long-term language and cultural survival. The second part of this series examines one such grassroots development in Solomon Islands: the Kulu Language Institute. It presents the institute and discusses ways forward from here.