Sa’a

APB

developing

Alternate Names: Apae’aa, Saa, South Malaita

Dialects: Uki Ni Masi (Ugi), Ulawa.

Genealogy:

Austronesian

Malayo-Polynesian

Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian

Eastern Malayo-Polynesian

Oceanic

Central-Eastern Oceanic

Southeast Solomonic

Malaita-San Cristobal

Malaita

Southern

Demographics: 11,500 (1999 SIL). 7,300 Sa’a, 3,300 Ulawa, and 920 Uki Ni Masi.

Language Use: Nearly extinct on Uki Ni Masi. All ages. Also use English [eng]. Used as L2 by Oroha [ora].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 30%–60%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1910–2005.

Typology: SVO.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Solomon Islands

Other Comments: Traditional religion, Christian.