Sa'a language
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Austronesian language spoken in the Solomon Islands
Not to be confused with Saa language.
Sa'a | |
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Region | South Malaita, Solomon Islands |
Native speakers | 12,000 (1999)[1] |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | apb |
Glottolog | saaa1240 |
Sa'a (also known as South Malaita and Apae'aa) is an Oceanic language spoken on Small Malaita and Ulawa Island in the Solomon Islands.
Phonology[edit]
The following is listed below:[2]
Consonants[edit]
Labial | Alveolar | Post- alveolar |
Velar | Glottal | ||
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plain | lab. | |||||
Plosive | p | pʷ | t | tʃ | k | ʔ |
Fricative | s | h | ||||
Nasal | m | mʷ | n | ŋ | ||
Lateral | l | |||||
Tap | ɾ | |||||
Approximant | w |
Vowels[edit]
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i | u | |
Mid | e | o | |
Open | a |
References[edit]
- ^ Sa'a at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Ashley, Karen (2012). Semantics of Sa'a transitive suffixes and thematic consonants.
External links[edit]
- Palona Haalu Ana Nau Maai Sa'a (1979) A Liturgy for Melanesia in Sa'a, digitized by Richard Mammana and Charles Wohlers
- Materials on Karnai are included in the open access Arthur Capell collection (AC2) held by Paradisec.
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