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.
Sa'a | |
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Region | South Malaita, Solomon Islands |
Native speakers | (12,000 cited 1999)[1] |
Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | apb |
Glottolog | saaa1240 |
The following is listed below:[2]
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 |
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i | u | |
Mid | e | o | |
Open | a |