The Kwaraʼae or Kwaraqae language is spoken in the West, Central & Eastern regions of

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in the

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. In 1999, there were 32,400 people known to speak the language. It is the largest indigenous vernacular of the Solomon Islands.

Phonology

The /f/ sound is merged with /h/. Most speakers of Kwaraʼae choose to pronounce /h/ as an /f/ sound in some vocabulary. The sound �is recognized as an allophone of /a/. There is vowel reduction, so final /i/ and /u/ are often deleted. Before /i/, the vowel /a/ may become forming the diphthong i

References

External links

Anglican liturgical publications in Kwaraʼae
from

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