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'Are'are Language
Areare or Are'are may refer to: *ꞌAreꞌare people, an ethnic group in the Solomon Islands *ꞌAreꞌare language The Areare language is spoken by the ꞌAreꞌare people of the southern part of Malaita island, as well as nearby South Malaita Island and the eastern shore of Guadalcanal (the Marau Sound, 60 km away), in the Solomon Islands archipelago. ..., a language spoken in the Solomon Islands * ꞌAreꞌare constituency, a parliamentary constituency in the Solomon Islands {{DEFAULTSORT:ꞌAreꞌare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ꞌAreꞌare People
Areare is the name of a people from the south of the island of Malaita, which is part of the Solomon Islands. Their language is the ꞌAreꞌare language, which is part of the Austronesian language family. In 1999 there were an estimated speakers, up from about 8-9,000 in the 1970s.Zemp, Hugo. Liner notes to ''Solomon Islands: ꞌAreꞌare Panpipe Ensembles.'' Le Chant du Monde LDX 274961.62, 1994. p. 58. Prior to colonisation and subsequent independence, the ꞌAreꞌare occupied a much larger geographical area encompassing parts of Guadalcanal and Makira, as well as Malaita. This included the northern part of Makira known as Arosi and the eastern part of Guadalcanal known today as Marau Sound. In the past they lived in hamlets in the mountainous hinterland, or on the banks of lagoons in the southwest or the Mara Masika Strait (separating Malaita and South Malaita islands), but during colonization many coastal villages were established. Traditionally, they practiced subsistenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ꞌAreꞌare Language
The Areare language is spoken by the ꞌAreꞌare people of the southern part of Malaita island, as well as nearby South Malaita Island and the eastern shore of Guadalcanal (the Marau Sound, 60 km away), in the Solomon Islands archipelago. It is spoken by about 18,000 people, making it the second-largest Oceanic language in the Solomons after the Kwara'ae (also spoken on Malaita). The literacy rate for ꞌAreꞌare is somewhere between 30% and 60% for first language speakers, and 25%–50% for second language learners. There are also translated Bible portions into the language from 1957 to 2008. ꞌAreꞌare is just one of seventy-one languages spoken in the Solomon Islands. It is estimated that at least seven dialects of ꞌAreꞌare exist. Some of the known dialects are Are, Aiaisii, Woo, Iꞌiaa, Tarapaina, Mareho and Marau; however, the written resources on the difference between dialects are rare; with no technical written standard. There are only few resources on the v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |