Saʼa language
{{short description|Austronesian language spoken in the Solomon Islands}}
{{distinguish|Saa language}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Saʼa
|region=South Malaita, Solomon Islands
|speakers={{sigfig|11,520|2}}
|date=1999
|ref=e18
|familycolor=Austronesian
|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian
|fam3=Oceanic
|fam4=Southeast Solomonic
|fam5=Malaita – San Cristobal
|fam6=Malaita
|fam7=
|iso3=apb
|glotto=saaa1240
|glottorefname=Saʼa
|dia1=Saʼa
|dia2=Ulawa
|dia3=Uki
}}
Saʼa (also known as South Malaita and Apaeʼaa) 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
= Consonants =
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! rowspan="2" | ! colspan="2" |Labial ! rowspan="2" |Alveolar ! rowspan="2" |Post- ! rowspan="2" |Velar ! rowspan="2" |Glottal |
plain
!lab. |
---|
Plosive
|{{IPA link|p}} |{{IPA link|pʷ}} |{{IPA link|t}} |{{IPA link|tʃ}} |{{IPA link|k}} |{{IPA link|ʔ}} |
Fricative
| | |{{IPA link|s}} | | |{{IPA link|h}} |
Nasal
|{{IPA link|m}} |{{IPA link|mʷ}} |{{IPA link|n}} | |{{IPA link|ŋ}} | |
Lateral
| | |{{IPA link|l}} | | | |
Tap
| | |{{IPA link|ɾ}} | | | |
Approximant
| colspan="2" |{{IPA link|w}} | | | | |
= Vowels =
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bcp/Melanesia/saa_hc.html Palona Haalu Ana Nau Maai Saʼa] (1979) A Liturgy for Melanesia in Saʼa, digitized by Richard Mammana and Charles Wohlers
- Materials on Karnai are included in the open access Arthur Capell collection ([http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/collections/AC2 AC2]) held by Paradisec.
{{Languages of the Solomon Islands}}
{{Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages}}
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