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’Are’are

A language of Solomon Islands

ISO 639-3: alu

Population	17,900 (1999 SIL).
Region	South Malaita Island.
Language map	Solomon Islands
Alternate names	Areare
Dialects	’Are’are, Marau (Marau Sound).
Classification	Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Southeast Solomonic, Malaita-San Cristobal, Malaita, Southern
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 30%–60%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Bible portions: 1957–2008.
Comments	SVO. Hunters; agriculturalists.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Vernacular Publications

?Atai 'e ka hana?. 1992.

?'O ko mahea? Haia, 'o ko 'ania niu. 1992.

Ho'asi 'e ka hiiko; Na'aha ni 'Are'are. 1992.

Huto ma kui. n.d.

Ko'e 'e na'a paina. n.d.

Poo. 1992.

Pua nau 'e kuru. 1995.

Puka hana kiriha ma isuha ana na'aha ni hanua. 1996.

Tome ma hare. 1992.