| Äiwoo | |
|---|---|
| Spoken in | Solomon Islands |
| Region | Santa Cruz Islands, eastern Solomons, Temotu Province. |
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| Native speakers | 8,400 (1999 SIL). Population includes 4,500 on Reef Islands, others on Santa Cruz, and 1,000 in Honiara (2000 John Rentz SIL). (date missing) |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | nfl |
Äiwoo is a language spoken in the Reef Islands and Nendö (Santa Cruz Island), both part of the Temotu Province in the Eastern Solomon Islands.
Äiwoo belongs to the Reef Islands – Santa Cruz languages, a member of the Oceanic subgroup of the Austronesian language family. It is the largest of the Reef Islands – Santa Cruz languages with approximately 8000 native speakers, mainly in the Ngawa district and the island Ngäsinue in the Reef Islands, but also in some villages of Nendö, like Kala Bay, recently established communities in the capital, Honiara, like White River, and some speakers in Vanikoro.