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Arosi language information


Arosi
RegionMakira, Solomon Islands
Native speakers
(6,750 cited 1999)[1]
Language family
Austronesian
  • Malayo-Polynesian
    • Oceanic
      • Southeast Solomonic
        • Arosi
Language codes
ISO 639-3aia
Glottologaros1241

Arosi is a Southeast Solomonic language spoken on the island of Makira.[2] Arosi is primarily spoken by inhabitants who live to the west of the Wango River on Makira (formerly known as San Cristobal Island). Makira is in the easternmost part of the Solomon Islands. Makira was visited and named by Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira in 1588. Upon landing on Makira, the Spanish were the first to record Arosi, but only six words were initially recorded. Arosi is one of the lesser known languages in Melanesia.[2]

  1. ^ Arosi at Ethnologue (24th ed., 2021) Closed access icon
  2. ^ a b Capell 1971

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