Fataleka

FAR

vigorous

Dialects: Dialect of To’abaita , (Wurm and Hattori 1981). Intelligibility of Baeggu variety of To’abaita reportedly high, but of To’abaita much less. Lexical similarity: 82% with Kwara’ae ,, 76% with Lau ,.

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Central-Eastern Oceanic
Southeast Solomonic
Malaita-San Cristobal
Malaita
Northern

Demographics: 6,700 (1999 SIL).

Language Use: Home. All ages. Also use Kwara’ae [kwf], Lau [llu], Pijin [pis].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 30%–60%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%.

Typology: SVO.

Nation of Origin: Solomon Islands