Native to Solomon Islands Native speakers 32,000 (1999) Glottolog kwar1239 | Region Malaita Island ISO 639-3 kwf | |
Language family Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Southeast Solomonic
Malaita – San Cristobal
Malaita
Northern Malaita
Kwara'ae | ||
The Kwara'ae language (previously called Fiu after the location of many of its speakers) is spoken in the north of Malaita Island in the Solomon Islands. In 1999 there were 32,400 people known to speak the language. It is the largest indigenous vernacular of the Solomon Islands.
Phonology
Many of the sounds in Kwara'ae can be nasalized as well as plain. It uses a variety of affricates as well. Most of the affricates range to a plain consonant or vice versa.
References
Kwara'ae language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA