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Sa’a

A language of Solomon Islands

ISO 639-3: apb

Population  11,500 (1999 SIL). 7,298 Sa’a, 3,304 Ulawa, and 917 Uki Ni Masi.
Region  Three Sisters Islands, south Malaita Island, Ulawa Island.
Language map  Solomon Islands
Alternate names   Apae’aa, Saa, South Malaita
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
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.
Writing system  Latin script.
Comments  SVO. Hunters; agriculturalists: yams, taro, banana, coconut, breadfruit; fishermen; animal husbandry: pigs. Traditional religion, Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

LOPEZ, Cecilio, translator. n.d.. Studies on Dempwolff's Vergleichende Lautlehre des Austronesischen Wortschatzes.