Native to Solomon Islands ISO 639-3 llu | Native speakers 17,000 (1999) Glottolog lauu1247 | |
Region Northeast Malaita Island Language family Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Southeast Solomonic
Malaita – San Cristobal
Malaita
Northern Malaita
Lau | ||
The Lau language is a Malayo-Polynesian group language spoken on northeast Malaita of the Solomon Islands. In 1999 it had about 16,937 first-language speakers, with a large number of second-language speakers through Malaitan communities in the Solomon Islands, especially in Honiara.
Sample Text
God Save the King, from an Anglican translation published in 1945.
God, ka faamouria a King!
Nia ka aofia diena
Usia tooa gi;
Fasuia firua,
Falea mai unidiena,
Faadiena na taloa nia,
God, faamouria a King!
References
Lau language (Malaita) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA