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Arosi

A language of Solomon Islands

ISO 639-3aia

Population  6,750 (1999 SIL).
Region  Northwest Makira (San Cristobal) Island.
Language map  Solomon Islands
Dialects  Wango, Arosi. Many dialects.
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Southeast Solomonic, Malaita-San Cristobal, San Cristobal
Language development  Literacy rate in L1: 30%–60%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Active literacy program. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 2005.
Writing system  Latin script.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

SIMONS, Gary F., author. 1980. "The verbal sentence in Arosi: a reinterpretation of Eastern Oceanic sentence structure."