The Kwara'ae language (previously called Fiu after the location of many of its speakers) is spoken in the north 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 Kwara'ae 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 Kwara'ae
from

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