KWF ISO 639-3
Kwara’ae
Kwara’ae Autonym
A language of Solomon Islands
- ISO 639
- kwf
- Alternate Names
- Fiu, Kwaraqae
- Autonym
- Kwara’ae
- Population
- 32,400 (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
- Typology
- SVO.
- Language Use
- Largest indigenous vernacular in the Solomons. Used by all. Also use English [eng]. Used as L2 by Fataleka [far].
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L1: 30%–60%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1961–2019.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Kwara’ae
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Malaita province: central Malaita island.
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