Le kwaio (ou koio) est une des langues des Salomon du Sud-Est, parlée par 13 200 locuteurs (1999) à Malaita (dans le centre de l'île). Son code ISO est kwd. Il est plus proche du kwara’ae [kwf] qu'au ’are’are [alu].
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Kwaio — Infobox Ethnic group group = Kwaio population = 13,249 region1 = flagcountry|Solomon Islands pop1 = 13,249 ref1 = ethnologue|code=kwd] languages = Kwaio religions = traditional ancestor worship related = Other Malaitan peoplesKwaio is an ethnic… … Wikipedia
Kwaio — ISO 639 3 Code : kwd ISO 639 2/B Code : ISO 639 2/T Code : ISO 639 1 Code : Scope : Individual Language Type : Living … Names of Languages ISO 639-3
Malaita massacre — The Malaita massacre inflicted a large number of deaths on the island of Malaita in the Solomon Islands in late 1927. William R. Bell, the District Officer of Malaita in the British Solomon Islands Protectorate, and many of his deputies were… … Wikipedia
Malaita — Island seen from space (false color) Geography Locati … Wikipedia
Roger Keesing — Professor Roger Martin Keesing (16 May 1935 ndash; 7 May 1993) was a linguist and anthropologist, noted for his fieldwork on the Kwaio people of Malaita in the Solomon Islands, and his writings on a wide range of topics including kinship,… … Wikipedia
La'aka — is a powerful ancestress and one of the most widely propitiated of spirits among the eastern Kwaio on Malaita, Solomon Islands. She is seen as both a protective figure who exemplifies maternal virtues and the productive powers of women and as a… … Wikipedia
William R. Bell — William Robert Bell (August 7 1876 – October 4 1927) was an Australian born official in the British Solomon Islands Protectorate, who served as the District Officer of Malaita from 1915 until 1927. He was killed while collecting a head tax from… … Wikipedia
Basiana — (early 1880s – June 29, 1928) was a native leader of the Kwaio group on Malaita in the Solomon Islands. He was a powerful and feared ramo (bounty hunter), and came from a line of prominent leaders, feastgivers, and warriors of the Gounaile clan.… … Wikipedia
Richard Rutledge Kane — Captain Richard Rutledge Kane was the United Kingdom s fourth Resident Commissioner of the Solomon Islands Protectorate, serving from 1921 to 1929. [ [http://www.rulers.org/ruls2.html Solomon Islands] at Rulers.org] He made a speech on Malaita… … Wikipedia
Northern Malaita languages — Infobox Language family name=Northern Malaita region=Malaita Province (Solomon Islands) familycolor=Austronesian fam2=Malayo Polynesian (MP) fam3=Central Eastern MP fam4=Eastern MP fam5=Oceanic fam6=Central Eastern Oceanic fam7=Southeast… … Wikipedia
