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Arosi
ISO 639-3: aia
| Population |
6,750 (1999 SIL). |
| Region |
Northwest Makira (San Cristobal) Island. |
| Language map |
Solomon Islands
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| 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."