Lau

LLU

developing

Dialects: Dai (Ndai), Lau, Suafa.

Genealogy:

Austronesian

Malayo-Polynesian

Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian

Eastern Malayo-Polynesian

Oceanic

Central-Eastern Oceanic

Southeast Solomonic

Malaita-San Cristobal

Malaita

Northern

Demographics: 16,900 (1999 SIL).

Language Use: All ages. Also use English [eng]. Used as L2 by Fataleka [far].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 30%–60%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1929–1992.

Typology: SVO.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Solomon Islands