Lau language (Malaita)

Lau
Spoken in Solomon Islands
Region Northeast Malaita Island
Native speakers 16,900  (1999)
Language family
Language codes
ISO 639-3 llu

The Lau language is a Malayo-Polynesian group language spoken on northeast Malaita of the Solomon Islands. As of 1999 it had about 16,937 first-language speakers, with a large number of second-language speakers through Malaitan communities in the Solomon Islands, especially in Honiara.

Sample Text

God Save the King, from an Anglican translation published in 1945.

God, ka faamouria a King!
Nia ka aofia diena
Usia tooa gi;
Fasuia firua,
Falea mai unidiena,
Faadiena na taloa nia,
God, faamouria a King!

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