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Austronesian language spoken in the Solomon Islands
Not to be confused with Saa language.
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 phonemes of Sa'a are listed below.[2]
Consonants
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
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
Close | i | u | |
Mid | e | o | |
Open | a |
References
- ^ Sa'a at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Ashley, Karen (2012). Semantics of Sa'a transitive suffixes and thematic consonants (PDF) (MA thesis). Dallas International University. pp. 15–16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-04-17.
External links
- 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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