Gula’alaa

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A language of Solomon Islands

ISO 639-3
gmb
Alternate Names
Kwai, Ngongosila
User Population

1,570 (1999 SIL).

Location

Malaita province: Kwai, east Kwara’ae, and Ngongosila islands.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

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

None known. May be intelligible of Lau [llu] or Kwara’ae [kwf]. Lexical similarity: 85% with Lau [llu] and Kwara’ae [kwf].

Typology

SVO.

Language Use

Used by all.

Language Development

Texts.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Gula’alaa