Arosi

Arosi is a member of the Southeast Solomonic group of Oceanic languages. It is spoken by about 6,750 people mainly on Makira Island in Makira-Ulawa Province in the east of the Solomon Islands, in particular in the area to the west of the Wango River in the northwest of Makira.

Arosi was first documented, to a limited extent, by Spanish explorers in 1588, when they visited Makira Island, which was formerly known as San Cristobal or San Cristoval. Arosi is written with the Latin alphabet, and there is an Arosi dictionary, a grammar, and translations of religious books in the language.

Arosi alphabet and pronunciation

Before o and u, g is pronounced [ɡʷ] and k is pronounced [kʷ]
Between vowels, i is pronounced [j]
Before i, t is pronounced [s]

Download an alphabet chart for Arosi (Excel)

Sample text (The Lord's Prayer - Luke 11: 2-4)

Mia Jisas 'a o'ani 'iniraau, “Na'i 'oha moi ha'arahesi moi ha'atee o'ani: Amameeu, na atamu 'ai maea. Na houramu 'ai boi.
Haa tana'ameu i mahoingau 'anai 'ado dangi.
'Oi 'adoma'i nugasi'ameu 'ini'i ora-ora'a amee'i, 'onaai 'adoma'i nugasi'i amee'i nei ra haa'i 'ino bwarasi'ameu.

Source: https://www.bible.com/bible/1639/LUK.11.AIA

Translation

And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.
Give us day by day our daily bread.
And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.

Source: https://www.bible.com/bible/1/LUK.11.KJV

Sample video

Information about Arosi | Numbers

Links

Information about Arosi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arosi_language
https://cohenpr-xpf.github.io/XPF/conv_resources/info/aia.html http://www.language-archives.org/language/aia
http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bcp/Melanesia/arosi_intro.htmlc

Southeast Solomonic languages

ꞌAreꞌare, Arosi, Gela, Ghari, Kahua, Kwaio, Kwara’ae, Lau, Lengo, Longgu, Oroha, Owa, Sa'a, Santa Cruz, Talise

Languages written with the Latin alphabet

Page created: 19.02.24. Last modified: 29.04.24

[top]

You can support this site by Buying Me A Coffee, and if you like what you see on this page, you can use the buttons below to share it with people you know.

Conversations - learn languages through stories

If you like this site and find it useful, you can support it by making a donation via PayPal or Patreon, or by contributing in other ways. Omniglot is how I make my living.

Note: all links on this site to Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.fr are affiliate links. This means I earn a commission if you click on any of them and buy something. So by clicking on these links you can help to support this site.

[top]