Lau language (Malaita)
Austronesian language spoken in the Solomon Islands / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about a language spoken in Solomon Islands. For a language spoken in Fiji, see Lauan language.
Lau, also known as Mala, is an Oceanic language spoken on northeast Malaita, in the Solomon Islands. In 1999, Lau had about 16,937 first-language speakers, with many second-language speakers through Malaitan communities in the Solomon Islands, especially in Honiara.