| Saʼa | |
|---|---|
| Region | SouthMalaita,Solomon Islands |
Native speakers | (12,000 cited 1999)[1] |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | apb |
| Glottolog | saaa1240 |
Saʼa (also known asSouth Malaita andApaeʼaa) is anOceanic language spoken onSmall Malaita andUlawa Island in theSolomon Islands. In 1999, there were around 12,000 speakers of the language.
The phonemes of Saʼa are listed below.[2]
| Labial | Alveolar | Post- alveolar | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Open | a |
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