Sa'a language

(Redirected from Uluwa 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.

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

Phonology

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The phonemes of Sa'a are listed below.[2]

Consonants

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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

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Front Central Back
Close i u
Mid e o
Open a

References

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  1. ^ Sa'a at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ 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.
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