Kwara’ae

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A language of Solomon Islands

ISO 639-3
kwf
Alternate Names
Fiu, Kwaraqae
Autonym
Kwara’ae
User Population

32,400 (1999 SIL).

Location

Malaita province: central Malaita island.

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
Typology

SVO.

Language Use

Largest indigenous vernacular in the Solomons. Used by all. Also use English [eng]. Used as L2 by Fataleka [far].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 30%–60%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1961–2019.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Kwara’ae
Writing

Latin script [Latn].