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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Pacific > Solomon Islands > Kahua

Kahua

A language of Solomon Islands

ISO 639-3agw

Population  5,170 (1999 SIL).
Region  South Makira (San Cristobal) Island.
Language map  Solomon Islands
Alternate names   Anganiwai, Anganiwei, Narihua, Wanoni
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Southeast Solomonic, Malaita-San Cristobal, San Cristobal
Language use  Trade language. L2 users.
Language development  Literacy rate in L1: 30%–60%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. NT: 1986.
Writing system  Latin script.