Kwaio

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A language of Solomon Islands

ISO 639-3
kwd
Alternate Names
Fataia, Koio, Welakau
Autonym
Kwaio
User Population

13,200 (1999 SIL).

Location

Malaita province: central 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

None known. Reportedly more similar to Kwara’ae [kwf] than to ’Are’are [alu].

Typology

SVO.

Language Use

Used by all.

Language Development

Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 2013.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Kwaio
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Traditional religion.