Saʼa language should not be confused with Saa language.
| Saʼa | |
| Region: | South Malaita, Solomon Islands |
| Date: | 1999 |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Austronesian |
| Fam2: | Malayo-Polynesian |
| Fam3: | Oceanic |
| Fam4: | Southeast Solomonic |
| Fam5: | Malaita – San Cristobal |
| Fam6: | Malaita |
| Iso3: | apb |
| Glotto: | saaa1240 |
| Glottorefname: | Saʼa |
| Dia1: | Saʼa |
| Dia2: | Ulawa |
| Dia3: | Uki |
Saʼa (also known as South Malaita and Apaeʼaa) is an Oceanic language spoken on Small Malaita and Ulawa Island in the Solomon Islands. In 1999, there were around 12,000 speakers of the language.
The phonemes of Saʼa are listed below.[1]
| Labial | Alveolar | Post- alveolar | Velar | Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | lab. | ||||||
| Plosive | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Fricative | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
| Nasal | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||
| Lateral | pronounced as /link/ | ||||||
| Tap | pronounced as /link/ | ||||||
| Approximant | pronounced as /link/ | ||||||
| Front | Central | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
| Mid | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
| Open | pronounced as /link/ |