Oroha (language)
| Oroha | ||
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Spoken in |
Solomon Islands (on South Malita ) | |
| speaker | 38 (as of 1999) | |
| Linguistic classification |
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| Official language in | - | |
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| ISO 639 -1 |
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| ISO 639 -2 |
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| ISO 639-3 |
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Oroha (also known as Oraha or Mara Ma-Siki ) is an oceanic language that is spoken in the Solomon Islands , but is almost extinct.
Linguistic characteristics
Numerals
| number | Cardinal numbers | Ordinal numbers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ʻEta | 'Etana |
| 2 | rua | ruana |
| 3 | ʻOoru | ʻOoruna |
| 4th | shark | haina |
| 5 | nima | nimana |
| 6th | ʻOono | ʻOonona |
| 7th | hiu | hiuna |
| 8th | waru | waruna |
| 9 | siwa | siwana |
| 10 | tanaharu | tanaharuʻana |
Basic word order
The normal word order is subject-verb-object (SVO):
- Nau horia poo. "I bought a pig."
Some basic vocabulary words
- ʻIau "yes"
- mao "no"