Sa'a (also known as South Malaita and Apae'aa) is an
Oceanic language
The approximately 450 Oceanic languages are a branch of the Austronesian languages. The area occupied by speakers of these languages includes Polynesia, as well as much of Melanesia and Micronesia. Though covering a vast area, Oceanic languages ...
spoken on
Small Malaita and
Ulawa Island
Ulawa Island is an island in Solomon Islands. It is located near Malaita Island and belongs to Makira Ulawa Province.
The island has an area of .
A hilly island, its highest point is above sea level. Average temperatures are around 27 ° ...
in the
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, to the east of Papua New Guinea and north-west of Vanuatu. It has a land area of , and a population of approx. 700,000. Its capita ...
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Phonology
The following is listed below:
Consonants
Vowels
References
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
Arthur Capell (28 March 1902 – 10 August 1986) was an Australian linguist, who made major contributions to the study of Australian languages, Austronesian languages and Papuan languages.
Early life
Capell was born in Newtown, New South Wales ...
collection
AC2 held by
Paradisec
The Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC) is a cross-institutional project that supports work on endangered languages and cultures of the Pacific and the region around Australia. They digitise reel-to ...
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Malaita languages
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