ʻAreʻare

ʻAreʻare
Spoken in	Solomon Islands
speaker	17,800
Linguistic classification	Austronesian languages Malayo-Polynesian languages Oceanic languages Central-East Oceanic Languages Southeast Solomonic Languages Malaita-San Cristobal languages Malaita languages South Malaita languages ʻAreʻare
Language codes
ISO 639-3	alu

ʻAreʻare is an oceanic language . It is spoken by 17,000 ʻAreʻare mainly on the southern half of the island of Malaita in the Solomon Islands . 30–60% of speakers can read and write their language.

The language has two dialects: the actual ʻAreʻare and the Marau dialect.