Native to Solomon Islands ISO 639-3 None (mis) | Extinct ca. 1930 Glottolog mara1417 | |
Language family Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Southeast Solomonic
Malaita – San Cristobal
San Cristobal?
Marau Wawa | ||
Marau Wawa is an extinct language once spoken on Marau Island, off Makira in the Solomon Islands. (The island was actually named Wawa; marau just means "island".) The last speaker was old in 1919; the island had been abandoned after a raid some years earlier. The language may have been one of the Makira languages, but it was quite distinct.
References
Marau Wawa language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA