FAR ISO 639-3
Fataleka
Fataleka Autonym
A language of Solomon Islands
- ISO 639
- far
- Autonym
- Fataleka
- Population
- 6,700 (1999 SIL).
- Location:
- Malaita province: 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
- Dialects
- Dialect of To’abaita [mlu] (Wurm and Hattori 1981). Intelligibility of Baeggu variety of To’abaita reportedly high, but of To’abaita much less. Lexical similarity: 82% with Kwara’ae [kwf], 76% with Lau [llu].
- Typology
- SVO.
- Language Use
- Home. Used by all. Also use Kwara’ae [kwf]. Also use Lau [llu]. Also use Pijin [pis].
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L1: 30%–60%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. NT: 2017.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Fataleka
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Malaita province: Malaita island.
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