The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
SIL code: APB
ISO 639-2: map
| Population | 10,700 (1998 SIL). |
| Region | South Malaita Island, Ulawa Island, Three Sisters Islands. |
| Alternate names | SAA, SOUTH MALAITA, APAE'AA |
| Dialects | ULAWA, UKI NI MASI (UGI). |
| Classification | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Southeast Solomonic, Malaita-San Cristobal, Malaita, Southern. |
| Comments | Uki Ni Masi is nearly extinct. Dictionary. Grammar. SVO. Literacy rate in first language: 30% to 60%. Literacy rate in second language: 25% to 50%. Tropical forest. Mountain slope, coast. Hunters, agriculturalists: yam, taro, banana, coconut, breadfruit; fishermen; pig raisers. 100 to 1,000 meters. Traditional religion. NT 1911-1927. |
