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==Phonology==
==Phonology==
The following is listed below:<ref>{{Cite book|last=Ashley|first=Karen|title=Semantics of Sa'a transitive suffixes and thematic consonants|year=2012}}</ref>
The phonemes of Sa'a are listed below.<ref>{{Cite thesis |degree=MA |publisher=Dallas International University |last=Ashley|first=Karen|title=Semantics of Sa'a transitive suffixes and thematic consonants|year=2012 |url=https://www.diu.edu/documents/theses/Ashley_Karen-thesis.pdf |pages=15-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417134841/https://www.diu.edu/documents/theses/Ashley_Karen-thesis.pdf |archive-date=2021-04-17}}</ref>


=== Consonants ===
=== Consonants ===
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! colspan="2" |[[Labial consonant|Labial]]
! colspan="2" |[[Labial consonant|Labial]]
! rowspan="2" |[[Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]]
! rowspan="2" |[[Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]]
! rowspan="2" |[[Postalveolar consonant|Post-<br>alveolar]]
! rowspan="2" |[[Postalveolar consonant|Post-<br/>alveolar]]
! rowspan="2" |[[Velar consonant|Velar]]
! rowspan="2" |[[Velar consonant|Velar]]
! rowspan="2" |[[Glottal consonant|Glottal]]
! rowspan="2" |[[Glottal consonant|Glottal]]
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![[Stop consonant|Plosive]]
![[Stop consonant|Plosive]]
|{{IPAlink|p}}
⚫
|p
|pʷ
|{{IPAlink|pʷ}}
|{{IPAlink|t}}
⚫
|t
|tʃ
|{{IPAlink|tʃ}}
|{{IPAlink|k}}
⚫
|k
|{{IPAlink|ʔ}}
|ʔ
|-
|-
![[Fricative consonant|Fricative]]
![[Fricative consonant|Fricative]]
|colspan=2|
|{{IPAlink|s}}
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|{{IPAlink|h}}
|s
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|h
|-
|-
![[Nasal consonant|Nasal]]
![[Nasal consonant|Nasal]]
|{{IPAlink|m}}
|m
|mʷ
|{{IPAlink|mʷ}}
|{{IPAlink|n}}
|n
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|{{IPAlink|ŋ}}
|ŋ
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|{{IPAlink|l}}
|l
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|{{IPAlink|ɾ}}
|ɾ
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![[Approximant]]
![[Approximant]]
| colspan="2" |w
| colspan="2" |{{IPAlink|w}}
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![[Central vowel|Central]]
![[Central vowel|Central]]
![[Back vowel|Back]]
![[Back vowel|Back]]
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|- align="center"
![[Close vowel|Close]]
![[Close vowel|Close]]
|{{IPAlink|i}}
|i
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|{{IPAlink|u}}
|u
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|- align="center"
![[Mid vowel|Mid]]
![[Mid vowel|Mid]]
|{{IPAlink|e}}
|e
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|{{IPAlink|o}}
|o
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|-
|- align="center"
![[Open vowel|Open]]
![[Open vowel|Open]]
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|{{IPAlink|a}}
|a
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Revision as of 21:49, 1 May 2024

Not to be confused with Saa language.
Sa'a
RegionSouth Malaita, Solomon Islands
Native speakers
(12,000 cited 1999)[1]
Dialects
  • Sa'a
  • Ulawa
  • Uki
Language codes
ISO 639-3apb
Glottologsaaa1240

Sa'a (also known as South Malaita and Apae'aa) 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.

Phonology

The phonemes of Sa'a are listed below.[2]

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Post-
alveolar 		Velar Glottal
plain lab.
Plosive p pʷ t tʃ k ʔ
Fricative s h
Nasal m mʷ n ŋ
Lateral l
Tap ɾ
Approximant w

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i u
Mid e o
Open a

References

  1. ^ Sa'a at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Ashley, Karen (2012). Semantics of Sa'a transitive suffixes and thematic consonants (PDF) (MA thesis). Dallas International University. pp. 15–16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-04-17.


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