Table 14. Sex and Speak Pidgin, Sex and First language by Province, Solomon Islands: 1999
Characteristics	Total	Choiseul	Western	Isabel	Central	Rennell-Bellona	Guadalcanal	Malaita	Makira-Ulawa	Temotu	Honiara
Total	408,971	20,004	62,739	20,409	21,577	2,377	60,246	122,609	30,999	18,904	49,107
Yes	306,929	13,590	50,907	14,692	16,230	1,767	44,887	82,760	22,271	14,776	45,049
No	67,036	4,626	6,757	3,961	3,548	398	10,128	28,233	5,951	2,725	709
Not reported	4,813	146	591	186	248	33	733	2,186	339	108	243
Not Applicable	30,193	1,642	4,484	1,570	1,551	179	4,498	9,430	2,438	1,295	3,106
Male
Total	211,347	10,235	33,190	10,416	11,193	1,230	31,411	61,204	15,939	9,142	27,387
Yes	163,724	7,180	27,298	7,847	8,832	934	24,224	42,992	11,755	7,342	25,320
No	29,562	2,104	3,224	1,662	1,413	179	4,488	12,294	2,762	1,082	354
Not reported	2,398	79	318	95	122	20	345	1,050	180	51	138
Not Applicable	15,663	872	2,350	812	826	97	2,354	4,868	1,242	667	1,575
Female
Total	197,624	9,769	29,549	9,993	10,384	1,147	28,835	61,405	15,060	9,762	21,720
Yes	143,205	6,410	23,609	6,845	7,398	833	20,663	39,768	10,516	7,434	19,729
No	37,474	2,522	3,533	2,299	2,135	219	5,640	15,939	3,189	1,643	355
Not reported	2,415	67	273	91	126	13	388	1,136	159	57	105
Not Applicable	14,530	770	2,134	758	725	82	2,144	4,562	1,196	628	1,531
First language
Total	408,971	20,004	62,739	20,409	21,577	2,377	60,246	122,609	30,999	18,904	49,107
Pidgin	24,696	550	4,964	719	861	67	1,744	3,019	1,243	1,416	10,113
Avaso	1,461	1,142	168	14	3	0	20	17	1	0	96
Babatana	5,633	4,129	836	18	22	3	55	31	11	3	525
Katazi	207	146	43	1	0	0	4	2	1	1	9
Kiribati	4,903	1,255	2,286	53	76	9	121	77	7	1	1,018
Ririo	79	21	22	0	0	0	3	6	1	1	25
Senga	4,375	3,524	539	33	14	0	27	10	6	1	221
Vaghua	1,972	1,796	86	0	8	0	9	2	5	0	66
Varisi	5,184	4,712	218	3	25	0	37	25	7	0	157
Alu	2,679	80	2,298	4	9	0	29	8	9	2	240
Baniata	1,885	8	1,764	0	1	0	14	10	5	3	80
Bareke	400	1	329	0	6	0	13	0	1	0	50
Bilua	8,777	167	8,078	21	17	1	60	41	12	4	376
Duke	2,329	17	2,156	17	4	0	9	13	3	1	109
Fauro	14	0	3	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	4
Ghanongga	2,518	33	2,256	9	7	0	28	33	2	0	150
Hoava	462	0	446	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	11
Kushage	2,406	14	2,352	1	4	0	9	8	2	1	15
Lungga	2,785	43	2,626	3	6	0	8	5	5	0	89
Marovo	8,141	52	6,984	34	42	0	99	63	9	3	855
Mono	658	10	620	3	0	1	5	2	1	0	16
Roviana	9,938	74	8,701	55	30	1	94	58	20	5	900
Simbo	2,722	43	2,390	18	8	0	33	32	4	2	192
Ughele	1,207	11	1,091	2	2	0	6	8	3	0	84
Vangunu	511	3	479	0	1	0	4	2	0	0	22
Blablanga	1,781	4	52	1,376	19	3	40	17	9	1	260
Bughotu	4,073	2	110	2,862	486	0	86	21	15	5	486
Gao	1,222	0	29	1,005	11	0	6	2	5	1	163
Kokota	534	0	17	482	4	0	7	1	2	0	21
Laghu	15	0	3	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	5
Cheke holo	10,907	10	168	9,584	141	1	74	25	37	13	854
Zabana	2,156	22	75	1,670	15	1	30	9	17	3	314
Zazao	10	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	5
Gela	11,926	15	147	29	10,583	0	114	58	34	7	939
Lavukaleve	1,793	3	28	16	1,645	0	36	5	2	4	54
Savo	2,420	3	65	14	1,876	0	282	13	3	2	162
Bellona	1,204	2	16	4	30	647	30	10	2	2	461
Rennell	2,010	2	28	2	106	1,405	30	14	2	0	421
Birao	5,941	15	49	25	12	2	5,711	20	26	1	80
Gae	964	0	4	7	13	0	908	12	1	0	19
Ghaimuta	159	3	5	1	1	0	143	0	1	0	5
Ghari	7,152	14	77	38	170	0	6,461	98	16	6	272
Koo	4,540	9	54	16	19	0	4,291	31	9	6	105
Lengo	13,674	35	124	44	109	2	12,756	241	21	21	321
Longgu	1,896	8	25	10	16	1	1,690	21	11	1	113
Malango	4,163	14	18	5	3	3	3,978	30	12	4	96
Marau	141	2	9	1	1	0	20	14	7	0	87
Moli	2,106	1	23	2	2	0	2,013	6	5	1	53
Ndi	3,059	6	23	7	32	0	2,920	20	2	14	35
Nginia	489	0	3	0	2	0	472	2	5	0	5
Talise	5,984	13	103	12	9	0	5,657	30	24	9	127
Tandai-nggaria	553	0	8	1	2	0	521	13	0	1	7
Are'are	17,900	25	435	40	158	7	1,122	13,891	36	16	2,170
Baeggu	5,974	2	47	11	45	0	176	5,291	8	1	393
Baelelea	8,829	4	161	4	201	1	244	7,831	7	2	374
Dai	9	0	1	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	2
Dorio	2,427	0	9	4	6	0	16	2,300	1	1	90
Fataleka	6,747	9	71	15	38	2	51	5,665	17	6	873
Gula'alaa	1,574	0	27	2	11	0	36	1,085	8	2	403
Kwaio	13,317	11	240	9	216	0	102	11,625	31	4	1,079
Kwara'ae	32,639	44	385	73	177	6	943	25,842	94	34	5,041
Langalanga	7,014	10	206	3	76	0	121	5,434	31	2	1,131
Lau	17,046	31	905	66	817	3	310	10,323	102	23	4,466
Ontong java	2,380	4	76	6	9	2	39	1,651	9	13	571
Oroha	38	0	2	0	2	0	1	12	9	0	12
Sa'a	7,349	6	100	26	301	1	124	5,446	70	7	1,268
Sikaiana	732	1	19	34	82	5	35	286	5	6	259
Suafa	135	0	0	0	0	0	0	125	0	0	10
To'abaita	12,640	31	234	23	179	1	338	10,596	47	9	1,182
Arosi	6,784	5	97	30	40	2	45	42	6,232	7	284
Bauro	3,433	2	13	5	2	0	20	15	3,252	11	113
Fagani	909	0	3	6	1	0	4	0	887	1	7
Haununu	932	0	10	0	4	0	5	4	888	4	17
Kahua	5,180	1	9	3	24	0	50	8	5,002	1	82
Marmaregho	524	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	521	0	3
Rawo	101	0	4	0	2	0	4	7	78	1	5
Santa ana	3,079	4	39	27	27	0	51	18	2,522	13	378
Tawarafa	2,279	1	16	5	6	0	15	6	2,155	1	74
Uki ni masi	922	0	25	2	9	0	9	6	845	1	25
Ulawa	3,323	2	143	17	63	0	78	40	2,688	7	285
Amba	596	0	5	0	4	0	21	3	6	544	13
Anuta	267	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	223	38
Asumboa	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	5
Ayiwo	8,420	19	366	33	98	1	126	63	133	6,380	1,201
Nanggu	210	2	11	4	16	0	8	5	3	87	74
Nambakaenger	4,295	8	31	10	15	0	30	11	76	3,956	158
Nea	1,627	0	41	7	14	1	34	10	24	1,425	71
Pileni	1,144	0	84	7	23	0	13	11	9	894	103
Tanema	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0
Tanimbili	15	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	8	3
Taumako	521	4	23	4	2	0	12	9	8	427	32
Teanu	24	0	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	16
Tikopia	3,334	13	106	10	701	7	118	15	498	1,436	430
Vano	516	1	7	2	5	0	22	0	6	443	30
English	909	9	88	53	15	4	72	55	29	9	575
Chinese	324	2	34	0	0	0	10	10	1	1	266
Other language	1,523	46	321	44	38	0	170	79	80	5	740
Not reported	4,146	100	851	107	156	11	442	1,146	498	83	752
Not applicable	30,057	1,593	4,491	1,488	1,540	174	4,507	9,444	2,448	1,262	3,110
Male
Total	211,347	10,235	33,190	10,416	11,193	1,230	31,411	61,204	15,939	9,142	27,387
Pidgin	13,006	300	2,684	404	467	31	950	1,534	650	693	5,293
Avaso	762	588	88	9	0	0	12	5	0	0	60
Babatana	2,840	2,082	417	9	16	2	29	10	2	1	272
Katazi	111	80	23	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	3
Kiribati	2,396	620	1,140	34	35	4	62	31	1	1	468
Ririo	46	14	11	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	15
Senga	2,258	1,758	323	20	8	0	19	2	1	0	127
Vaghua	1,026	923	41	0	4	0	6	1	3	0	48
Varisi	2,670	2,382	141	2	13	0	17	15	2	0	98
Alu	1,397	45	1,174	1	6	0	18	3	5	1	144
Baniata	938	6	868	0	1	0	9	4	2	2	46
Bareke	218	1	180	0	3	0	6	0	0	0	28
Bilua	4,527	81	4,179	10	8	1	22	19	4	2	201
Duke	1,204	8	1,113	10	1	0	2	6	3	1	60
Fauro	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	3
Ghanongga	1,280	16	1,140	4	4	0	16	15	2	0	83
Hoava	246	0	234	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	9
Kushage	1,255	7	1,220	1	1	0	6	4	1	1	14
Lungga	1,426	20	1,327	2	4	0	7	3	2	0	61
Marovo	4,166	22	3,561	19	28	0	45	21	6	2	462
Mono	326	5	302	1	0	1	5	2	0	0	10
Roviana	5,097	36	4,466	34	22	1	43	20	9	1	465
Simbo	1,416	28	1,214	14	3	0	17	14	2	2	122
Ughele	593	3	544	1	1	0	3	4	2	0	35
Vangunu	268	2	247	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	15
Blablanga	959	2	42	718	11	1	19	8	4	1	153
Bughotu	2,080	1	81	1,415	239	0	50	6	7	1	280
Gao	630	0	18	501	7	0	4	1	1	1	97
Kokota	281	0	14	249	3	0	3	0	1	0	11
Laghu	9	0	1	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	2
Cheke holo	5,497	6	119	4,731	83	1	36	12	16	8	485
Zabana	1,085	11	35	859	9	1	16	4	8	2	140
Zazao	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
Gela	6,132	10	121	13	5,321	0	68	31	15	3	550
Lavukaleve	921	0	22	13	833	0	20	1	2	2	28
Savo	1,250	1	55	6	962	0	144	2	1	1	78
Bellona	623	2	13	1	17	324	16	5	2	0	243
Rennell	1,050	1	19	2	50	728	13	8	1	0	228
Birao	3,039	13	35	19	9	1	2,894	6	17	0	45
Gae	499	0	2	5	11	0	471	3	0	0	7
Ghaimuta	84	1	3	1	0	0	77	0	0	0	2
Ghari	3,693	7	42	22	91	0	3,348	30	9	1	143
Koo	2,382	6	40	11	12	0	2,242	11	6	2	52
Lengo	7,016	14	70	39	53	1	6,593	71	8	5	162
Longgu	983	4	13	7	7	1	882	6	6	0	57
Malango	2,165	10	12	4	0	0	2,077	6	7	1	48
Marau	64	2	4	0	1	0	8	5	3	0	41
Moli	1,049	0	13	0	1	0	998	1	3	1	32
Ndi	1,604	2	12	4	23	0	1,537	4	1	5	16
Nginia	251	0	1	0	1	0	241	0	4	0	4
Talise	3,107	10	89	10	7	0	2,892	9	15	1	74
Tandai-nggaria	264	0	3	1	0	0	251	6	0	0	3
Are'are	9,201	15	295	26	100	5	597	6,818	18	9	1,318
Baeggu	3,123	1	38	9	22	0	105	2,662	3	1	282
Baelelea	4,558	3	91	0	97	0	145	3,979	4	0	239
Dai	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1
Dorio	1,217	0	6	3	4	0	11	1,129	1	1	62
Fataleka	3,505	5	42	12	24	2	20	2,862	11	0	527
Gula'alaa	819	0	12	1	5	0	24	553	4	0	220
Kwaio	6,892	7	177	7	129	0	58	5,809	17	0	688
Kwara'ae	17,006	26	256	53	111	6	559	13,160	52	11	2,772
Langalanga	3,639	4	124	0	38	0	56	2,756	16	0	645
Lau	8,708	14	519	44	434	1	164	4,992	46	12	2,482
Ontong java	1,134	3	40	2	6	1	24	737	7	5	309
Oroha	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	6	0	6
Sa'a	3,883	5	67	14	162	1	69	2,701	37	6	821
Sikaiana	387	0	11	19	48	3	20	149	3	2	132
Suafa	74	0	0	0	0	0	0	65	0	0	9
To'abaita	6,467	20	142	20	104	0	208	5,219	21	4	729
Arosi	3,570	2	73	16	18	0	25	23	3,235	5	173
Bauro	1,855	2	8	4	0	0	9	9	1,740	4	79
Fagani	463	0	2	2	1	0	2	0	448	1	7
Haununu	497	0	8	0	3	0	2	2	468	0	14
Kahua	2,722	1	8	3	15	0	37	1	2,599	0	58
Marmaregho	270	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	268	0	2
Rawo	59	0	4	0	1	0	1	4	44	1	4
Santa ana	1,594	3	33	10	13	0	33	7	1,266	8	221
Tawarafa	1,193	1	14	4	6	0	12	2	1,105	0	49
Uki ni masi	462	0	18	1	5	0	5	2	419	0	12
Ulawa	1,655	1	91	12	40	0	34	15	1,289	4	169
Amba	306	0	4	0	3	0	15	2	3	269	10
Anuta	144	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	114	27
Asumboa	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Ayiwo	4,217	13	199	23	62	1	77	20	68	3,009	745
Nanggu	101	1	5	2	11	0	5	1	0	36	40
Nambakaenger	2,180	5	21	6	9	0	20	3	42	1,980	94
Nea	859	0	34	5	4	1	24	7	18	721	45
Pileni	574	0	54	6	14	0	8	2	5	430	55
Tanema	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Tanimbili	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	2
Taumako	254	0	15	1	2	0	7	1	1	207	20
Teanu	19	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	15
Tikopia	1,758	8	83	8	379	5	81	7	249	649	289
Vano	267	1	4	1	1	0	15	0	5	213	27
English	520	3	66	25	12	2	43	34	15	4	316
Chinese	209	2	30	0	0	0	9	7	1	1	159
Other language	945	43	234	36	24	0	107	43	48	4	406
Not reported	2,223	69	484	63	85	8	214	583	268	41	408
Not applicable	15,578	847	2,354	767	823	94	2,356	4,876	1,249	641	1,571
Female
Total	197,624	9,769	29,549	9,993	10,384	1,147	28,835	61,405	15,060	9,762	21,720
Pidgin	11,690	250	2,280	315	394	36	794	1,485	593	723	4,820
Avaso	699	554	80	5	3	0	8	12	1	0	36
Babatana	2,793	2,047	419	9	6	1	26	21	9	2	253
Katazi	96	66	20	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	6
Kiribati	2,507	635	1,146	19	41	5	59	46	6	0	550
Ririo	33	7	11	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	10
Senga	2,117	1,766	216	13	6	0	8	8	5	1	94
Vaghua	946	873	45	0	4	0	3	1	2	0	18
Varisi	2,514	2,330	77	1	12	0	20	10	5	0	59
Alu	1,282	35	1,124	3	3	0	11	5	4	1	96
Baniata	947	2	896	0	0	0	5	6	3	1	34
Bareke	182	0	149	0	3	0	7	0	1	0	22
Bilua	4,250	86	3,899	11	9	0	38	22	8	2	175
Duke	1,125	9	1,043	7	3	0	7	7	0	0	49
Fauro	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Ghanongga	1,238	17	1,116	5	3	0	12	18	0	0	67
Hoava	216	0	212	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
Kushage	1,151	7	1,132	0	3	0	3	4	1	0	1
Lungga	1,359	23	1,299	1	2	0	1	2	3	0	28
Marovo	3,975	30	3,423	15	14	0	54	42	3	1	393
Mono	332	5	318	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	6
Roviana	4,841	38	4,235	21	8	0	51	38	11	4	435
Simbo	1,306	15	1,176	4	5	0	16	18	2	0	70
Ughele	614	8	547	1	1	0	3	4	1	0	49
Vangunu	243	1	232	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	7
Blablanga	822	2	10	658	8	2	21	9	5	0	107
Bughotu	1,993	1	29	1,447	247	0	36	15	8	4	206
Gao	592	0	11	504	4	0	2	1	4	0	66
Kokota	253	0	3	233	1	0	4	1	1	0	10
Laghu	6	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Cheke holo	5,410	4	49	4,853	58	0	38	13	21	5	369
Zabana	1,071	11	40	811	6	0	14	5	9	1	174
Zazao	6	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Gela	5,794	5	26	16	5,262	0	46	27	19	4	389
Lavukaleve	872	3	6	3	812	0	16	4	0	2	26
Savo	1,170	2	10	8	914	0	138	11	2	1	84
Bellona	581	0	3	3	13	323	14	5	0	2	218
Rennell	960	1	9	0	56	677	17	6	1	0	193
Birao	2,902	2	14	6	3	1	2,817	14	9	1	35
Gae	465	0	2	2	2	0	437	9	1	0	12
Ghaimuta	75	2	2	0	1	0	66	0	1	0	3
Ghari	3,459	7	35	16	79	0	3,113	68	7	5	129
Koo	2,158	3	14	5	7	0	2,049	20	3	4	53
Lengo	6,658	21	54	5	56	1	6,163	170	13	16	159
Longgu	913	4	12	3	9	0	808	15	5	1	56
Malango	1,998	4	6	1	3	3	1,901	24	5	3	48
Marau	77	0	5	1	0	0	12	9	4	0	46
Moli	1,057	1	10	2	1	0	1,015	5	2	0	21
Ndi	1,455	4	11	3	9	0	1,383	16	1	9	19
Nginia	238	0	2	0	1	0	231	2	1	0	1
Talise	2,877	3	14	2	2	0	2,765	21	9	8	53
Tandai-nggaria	289	0	5	0	2	0	270	7	0	1	4
Are'are	8,699	10	140	14	58	2	525	7,073	18	7	852
Baeggu	2,851	1	9	2	23	0	71	2,629	5	0	111
Baelelea	4,271	1	70	4	104	1	99	3,852	3	2	135
Dai	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	1
Dorio	1,210	0	3	1	2	0	5	1,171	0	0	28
Fataleka	3,242	4	29	3	14	0	31	2,803	6	6	346
Gula'alaa	755	0	15	1	6	0	12	532	4	2	183
Kwaio	6,425	4	63	2	87	0	44	5,816	14	4	391
Kwara'ae	15,633	18	129	20	66	0	384	12,682	42	23	2,269
Langalanga	3,375	6	82	3	38	0	65	2,678	15	2	486
Lau	8,338	17	386	22	383	2	146	5,331	56	11	1,984
Ontong java	1,246	1	36	4	3	1	15	914	2	8	262
Oroha	22	0	1	0	2	0	1	9	3	0	6
Sa'a	3,466	1	33	12	139	0	55	2,745	33	1	447
Sikaiana	345	1	8	15	34	2	15	137	2	4	127
Suafa	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	60	0	0	1
To'abaita	6,173	11	92	3	75	1	130	5,377	26	5	453
Arosi	3,214	3	24	14	22	2	20	19	2,997	2	111
Bauro	1,578	0	5	1	2	0	11	6	1,512	7	34
Fagani	446	0	1	4	0	0	2	0	439	0	0
Haununu	435	0	2	0	1	0	3	2	420	4	3
Kahua	2,458	0	1	0	9	0	13	7	2,403	1	24
Marmaregho	254	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	253	0	1
Rawo	42	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	34	0	1
Santa ana	1,485	1	6	17	14	0	18	11	1,256	5	157
Tawarafa	1,086	0	2	1	0	0	3	4	1,050	1	25
Uki ni masi	460	0	7	1	4	0	4	4	426	1	13
Ulawa	1,668	1	52	5	23	0	44	25	1,399	3	116
Amba	290	0	1	0	1	0	6	1	3	275	3
Anuta	123	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	109	11
Asumboa	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2
Ayiwo	4,203	6	167	10	36	0	49	43	65	3,371	456
Nanggu	109	1	6	2	5	0	3	4	3	51	34
Nambakaenger	2,115	3	10	4	6	0	10	8	34	1,976	64
Nea	768	0	7	2	10	0	10	3	6	704	26
Pileni	570	0	30	1	9	0	5	9	4	464	48
Tanema	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Tanimbili	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1
Taumako	267	4	8	3	0	0	5	8	7	220	12
Teanu	5	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1
Tikopia	1,576	5	23	2	322	2	37	8	249	787	141
Vano	249	0	3	1	4	0	7	0	1	230	3
English	389	6	22	28	3	2	29	21	14	5	259
Chinese	115	0	4	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	107
Other language	578	3	87	8	14	0	63	36	32	1	334
Not reported	1,923	31	367	44	71	3	228	563	230	42	344
Not applicable	14,479	746	2,137	721	717	80	2,151	4,568	1,199	621	1,539
Source: 1999 Solomon Islands Census