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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Pacific > Solomon Islands > Gula’alaa

Gula’alaa

A language of Solomon Islands

ISO 639-3gmb

Population  1,570 (1999 SIL).
Region  East side of Kwara’ae, Kwai and Ngongosila islands, Malaita.
Language map  Solomon Islands
Alternate names   Kwai, Ngongosila
Dialects  May be intelligible with Lau [llu] or Kwara’ae [kwf]. Lexical similarity: 85% with Lau and Kwara’ae.
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Southeast Solomonic, Malaita-San Cristobal, Malaita, Northern
Comments  SVO. Fishermen; craftsmen.