Zazao language

{{short description|Austronesian language spoken in the Solomon Islands}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Zazao

|states=Central Solomon Islands

|region=Santa Isabel Island

|speakers=10

|date=1999

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Austronesian

|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian

|fam3=Oceanic

|fam4=Northwest Solomonic

|fam5=New Georgia – Ysabel

|fam6=Ysabel

|fam7=Central Isabel

|map2=Lang Status 20-CR.svg

|mapcaption2={{center|{{small|Zazao is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger}}}}

|iso3=jaj

|glotto=zaza1245

|glottorefname=Zazao

}}

Zazao is an Oceanic language spoken in the Solomon Islands. Its speakers live on Santa Isabel Island. It is classified as “critically endangered” by the UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, because its speakers usually speak the Cheke Holo language or the Zabana language.{{Cite news|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/language/jaj|title=Zazao|work=Ethnologue|access-date=2017-10-06}}