To’abaita

MLU

developing

Alternate Names: Malu, Malu’u, To’ambaita, Toqabaqita

Dialects: None known. Baelelea , and Baeggu , about equally intelligible of To’abaita and Lau ,.

Genealogy:

Austronesian

Malayo-Polynesian

Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian

Eastern Malayo-Polynesian

Oceanic

Central-Eastern Oceanic

Southeast Solomonic

Malaita-San Cristobal

Malaita

Northern

Demographics: 12,600 (1999 SIL).

Language Use: All ages. Also use English [eng].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 30%–60%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1923.

Typology: SVO.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Solomon Islands