Langalanga language

{{short description|Austronesian language spoken in the Solomon Islands}}

{{For|other languages also named "Wala"|Wala language (disambiguation){{!}}Wala language}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Wala

|nativename=Langalanga

|region=Solomon Islands

|speakers={{sigfig|6980|2}}

|date=1999

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Austronesian

|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian

|fam3=Oceanic

|fam4=Southeast Solomonic

|fam5=Malaita – San Cristobal

|fam6=Malaita

|fam7=Northern Malaita

|iso3=lgl

|glotto=wala1266

|glottorefname=Wala

}}

Wala, or Langalanga, is an Oceanic language spoken on Malaita, in the Solomon Islands.Lovegren, Mitchell & Nakagawa (2015).

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Bibliography

  • {{Cite book| publisher = Asia-Pacific linguistics| isbn = 978-1-922185-14-3| last1 = Lovegren| first1 = Jesse| last2 = Mitchell| first2 = Alice| last3 = Nakagawa| first3 = Natsuko| title = The Wala language of Malaita, Solomon Islands| series = Studies in the Languages of Island Melanesia| date = 2015 |url=https://alex.francois.online.fr/data/Lovegren-et-al_2015_Wala-grammar_SLIM_final.pdf |accessdate=1 August 2022}}

{{Languages of the Solomon Islands}}

{{Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages}}

Category:Languages of the Solomon Islands

Category:Malaita languages

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