Ghari (also known asGari,Tangarare,Sughu, andWest Guadalcanal) is anOceanic language spoken onGuadalcanal island of theSolomon Islands.

The Vaturanga dialect has been used extensively in missionary and liturgical translations, leading linguistArthur Capell to describe it as a mission/ecclesiastical language.

The following is the Qae dialect:^[2][3]

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n		ŋ⟨ng⟩
Stop/ Affricate	voiceless	p	t	tʃ[a]⟨j⟩	k
	prenasal	ᵐb⟨b⟩	ⁿd⟨d⟩	ᶮdʒ[b]⟨z⟩	ᵑɡ⟨ngg⟩
Fricative		β⟨v⟩	s		ɣ⟨h⟩	(h)[c]
Lateral			l
Rhotic			r

^[a]/ⁿt͡s/ in other dialects

^[b]/ⁿd͡z/ in other dialects

^[c][h] can be heard as a variation of/ɣ/ across dialects.

Where it differs from the IPA, the orthography is written in angular brackets (<>).

	Front	Central	Back
High	i		u
Mid	e		o
Low		a

Notes

Sources

• Ivens, W. G. (1934). "A Grammar of the Language of Vaturanga, Guadalcanal, British Solomon Islands".Bulletin of the School of Oriental Studies, University of London.7 (2):349–375.doi:10.1017/s0041977x0008527x.

• Na Voihavo Matena na Hahani Tabu online text of Anglican liturgy in Vaturanga, digitized by Richard Mammana
• Paradisec open accessvocabulary list of the Vaturanga dialect
• Paradisec open accessSwadesh list of Vaturanga
• Paradisec open accessfull text of A Grammar of the Language of Vaturanga, Guadalcanal, British Solomon Islands
• Paradisec open accessmap of languages of Guadalcanal

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