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Kwaio language information


Kwaio
Native toSolomon Islands
RegionMalaita Island
EthnicityKwaio people
Native speakers
(13,000 cited 1999)[1]
Language family
Austronesian
  • Malayo-Polynesian
    • Oceanic
      • Southeast Solomonic
        • Malaita – San Cristobal
          • Malaita
            • Northern Malaita
              • Kwaio
Language codes
ISO 639-3kwd
Glottologkwai1243

The Kwaio language, or Koio, is spoken in the centre of Malaita Island in the Solomon Islands. It is spoken by about 13,000 people. [2]

  1. ^ Kwaio at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ "Kwaio". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2019-03-15.

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