Sa'a
RegionSouth Malaita, Solomon Islands
Native speakers
(12,000 cited 1999)[1]
Dialects
  • Sa'a
  • Ulawa
  • Uki
Language codes
ISO 639-3apb
Glottologsaaa1240

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. In 1999, there were around 12,000 speakers of the language.

Phonology

The following is listed below:[2]

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Post-
alveolar
Velar Glottal
plain lab.
Plosive p t k ʔ
Fricative s h
Nasal m n ŋ
Lateral l
Tap ɾ
Approximant w

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i u
Mid e o
Open a

References

  1. Sa'a at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Ashley, Karen (2012). Semantics of Sa'a transitive suffixes and thematic consonants.


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