KWD ISO 639-3
Kwaio
Kwaio Autonym
A language of Solomon Islands
- ISO 639
- kwd
- Alternate Names
- Fataia, Koio, Welakau
- Autonym
- Kwaio
- Population
- 13,200 (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
- Dialects
- None known. Reportedly more similar to Kwara’ae [kwf] than to ’Are’are [alu].
- Typology
- SVO.
- Language Use
- Used by all.
- Language Development
- Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 2013.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Kwaio
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- Traditional religion.
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Malaita province: central Malaita island.
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