Amba language (Solomon Islands)
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Amba | |
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Aba | |
Native to | Solomon Islands |
Region | Utupua Island |
Native speakers
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unknown (590 cited 1999)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | utp |
Glottolog | amba1266 [2] |
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.
Name
The speaker population calls their own language [aᵐba] (with 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)
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