Amba language (Solomon Islands)
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One of the three Oceanic languages of Utupua (Solomon Islands)
| Amba | |
|---|---|
| Aba | |
| Native to | Solomon Islands |
| Region | Utupua |
Native speakers | (590 cited 1999)[1] |
Austronesian
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | utp |
| Glottolog | amba1266 |
 Amba is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Amba (also known as Aba, Nembao or Nebao) is the main language spoken on the island of Utupua, in the easternmost province of the Solomon Islands.[2]
Name
The speaker population calls
prenasalised [ᵐb]
). This name may be rendered Amba or Aba depending on spelling conventions, which have not been fixed yet for these languages.
Speakers of neighbouring
Asumboa designate the Amba language as [neᵐbao]
. This form, which may be spelled Nembao or Nebao, has sometimes been used by foreigners as another name for the Amba language.
References
- ^ Amba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Tryon (1994).
Bibliography
- Tryon, Darrell (1994). "Language contact and contact-induced language change in the Eastern Outer Islands, Solomon Islands". In Tom Dutton; ISBN 978-3-11-088309-1..
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