Fataleka

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A language of Solomon Islands

ISO 639-3
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Autonym
Fataleka
User Population

6,700 (1999 SIL).

Location

Malaita province: Malaita island.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Southeast Solomonic, Malaita-San Cristobal, Malaita, Northern
Dialects

Dialect of To’abaita [mlu] (Wurm and Hattori 1981). Intelligibility of Baeggu variety of To’abaita reportedly high, but of To’abaita much less. Lexical similarity: 82% with Kwara’ae [kwf], 76% with Lau [llu].

Typology

SVO.

Language Use

Home. Used by all. Also use Kwara’ae [kwf]. Also use Lau [llu]. Also use Pijin [pis].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 30%–60%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. NT: 2017.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Fataleka
Writing

Latin script [Latn].