Kwaio

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A language of Solomon Islands

ISO 639-3
kwd
Alternate Names
Koio
Population

13,200 (1999 SIL).

Location

Central Malaita island.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Southeast Solomonic, Malaita-San Cristobal, Malaita, Northern
Dialects

More similar to Kwara’ae [kwf] than to ’Are’are [alu].

Typology

SVO

Language Development
Dictionary. Grammar.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Kwaio
Other Comments

Traditional religion.