Sa’a

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A language of Solomon Islands

ISO 639-3
apb
Alternate Names
Apae’aa, Saa, South Malaita
Population

11,500 (1999 SIL). 7,300 Sa’a, 3,300 Ulawa, and 920 Uki Ni Masi.

Location

Three Sisters Islands, south Malaita island, Ulawa island.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Southeast Solomonic, Malaita-San Cristobal, Malaita, Southern
Dialects

Uki Ni Masi (Ugi), Ulawa.

Typology

SVO

Language Use

Nearly extinct on Uki Ni Masi.

Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: 30%–60%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1910–2005.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Sa’a
Writing
Latin script.
Other Comments

Traditional religion, Christian.