Kwara'ae

The Kwaraʼae or Kwaraqae language is spoken in the West, Central & Eastern regions of Malaita Island in the Solomon Islands. In 1999, there were 32,400 people known to speak the language. It is the largest indigenous vernacular of the Solomon Islands.

== Phonology == {| class="wikitable" style=text-align:center |+ Consonants in Kwaraʼae ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | ! rowspan="2" | Labial ! rowspan="2" | Alveolar ! rowspan="2" |Palatal ! colspan="2" | Velar ! rowspan="2" | Glottal |- !nor. !lab. |- !rowspan="2"| Stop ! voiceless | | | | | | rowspan="2"| |- ! voiced | | | | | |- ! colspan="2" | Fricative | () | | | colspan="3" | ~ |- ! colspan="2" | Nasal | | | | | | |- ! colspan="2" |Rhotic | | | | | | |- ! colspan="2" | Lateral | | | | | | |- ! colspan="2" |Approximant | | | | | | |}