Wala
Facts
- Language: Wala
- Alternate names: Langalanga
- Language code: lgl
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Southeast Solomonic, Longgu-Malaita-Makira, Malaita-Makira, Malaita, Central-Northern Malaita
- Number of speakers: 6980
- Script:
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Introduction
Wala is a language of Solomon Islands. It is spoken in West central Malaita island.
Dialects
Lexical similarity: 56% with Kwaio (See: Kwaio); 66% with Kwara’ae (See: Kwara’ae?).
The Wala Verb
Verblist
- āfe -- to flow
- agofia -- to burn
- āni -- to cry
- beli -- to steal
- bulusi -- to turn
- doia -- to hold
- faitale -- to hunt
- fana -- to eat
- firia -- to tie up, fasten
- gālo -- to work
- gou -- to drink
- gWauru -- to sit
- ilia -- to say
- karasia -- to scratch
- kwai -- to hit
- kwaikaria -- to split
- la, laifua, lainali, liu -- to walk
- lamae -- to come
- lanɔ, lofo -- to fly
- leo -- to see
- losia -- to squeeze
- lotofia -- to suck
- mae -- to die, be dead
- malata -- to think
- māŋo -- to breathe
- mau -- to fear
- mauli-na, mouri -- to live, be alive
- moa -- to vomit
- moʔosu -- to sleep
- nisu -- to spit
- oloolo, sisiu -- to swim
- oru, ufi -- to blow
- otomia -- to stab, pierce
- raunia -- to kill
- ronoa -- to hear
- saiai -- to know, be knowledgeable
- siʔina, sinaia -- to sniff, smell
- taia -- to sew
- teo -- to lie down
- toli -- to fall
- ūbu -- to swell
- udu -- to count
- ura -- to stand
- wasi -- to laugh
- ʔala -- to bite
- ʔeli -- to dig
- ʔolea, fala, kwai -- to cut, hack