Äiwoo language

Infobox Language
name=Ayiwo
states=Solomon Islands
region=Santa Cruz Islands, eastern Solomons, Temotu Province.
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).
latd=10 |latm=13 |latNS=S
longd=166 |longm=12 |longEW=E
iso3=nfl
familycolor=Austronesian
fam2=Malayo-Polynesian (MP)
fam3=Nuclear MP
fam4=Central-Eastern MP
fam5=Eastern MP
fam6=Oceanic
fam7=Temotu ?
fam8=Reefs-Santa Cruz
notice=nonotice

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. It belongs to the Reef Islands-Santa Cruz languages, a member of the Oceanic subgroup of the Austronesian language family. Äiwoo 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 settlements in Vanikoro.

External links

[http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=nfl The Ethnologue page for Äiwoo]

References

*cite journal
author= Næss, Åshild
title= Bound Nominal Elements in Äiwoo (Reefs): A Reappraisal of the 'Multiple Noun Class Systems'
journal= Oceanic Linguistics
year= 2006
volume= 45
pages= 269–296
doi= 10.1353/ol.2007.0006
*cite journal
author= Ross, Malcolm and Åshild Næss
title= An Oceanic Origin for Aiwoo, the Language of the Reef Islands?
journal= Oceanic Linguistics
year= 2007
volume= 46
pages= 456–498
*cite journal
author= Næss, Åshild and Brenda H. Boerger
title= Reefs-Santa Cruz as Oceanic: Evidence from the Verb Complex
journal= Oceanic Linguistics
year= 2008
volume= 47
pages= 185–212