Lau language (Malaita)

Lau
Lau
Native to	Solomon Islands
Region	Northeast Malaita Island
Native speakers	(17,000 cited 1999)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Southeast Solomonic Malaita – San Cristobal Malaita Northern Malaita Lau; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	llu
Glottolog	lauu1247

Lau, also known as Mala, is an Oceanic language spoken on northeast Malaita, in the Solomon Islands. In 1999, Lau had about 16,937 first-language speakers, with many second-language speakers through Malaitan communities in the Solomon Islands, especially in Honiara.