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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Pacific > Solomon Islands > Zabana

Zabana

A language of Solomon Islands

ISO 639-3: kji

Population	3,355 (2003 SIL).
Region	Santa Isabel Island from Samasodu on the southwest side up to Kia village and down the northeast side to Baolo village.
Alternate names	Kia
Dialects	Borrowings from Roviana. Closest to Cheke Holo.
Classification	Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Meso Melanesian, New Ireland, South New Ireland-Northwest Solomonic, Santa Isabel, West
Language use	Speakers also use Cheke Holo.
Language development	Literacy rate in first language: 30% to 60%. Literacy rate in second language: 25% to 50%. Literature could also be used for Kokota and Zazao speakers. Grammar.