Owa is a member of the Southeast Solomonic group of Oceanic Malayo-Polynesian languages. It is spoken by about 8,400 people mainly in the south of Makira Island (San Cristobal), and on Owaraha (Santa Ana) and Owariki (Santa Catalina) islands in Makira-Ulawa Province in the Solomon Islands.
Owa was formerly known as Santa Ana, and is closely related to Kahua, which is spoken in the same area. It was first written by Anglican missionaries in the 1930s using the Latin alphabet. A number of religious texts have been translated into Owa.
Download an alphabet chart for Owa (Excel)
EMAMAMI i na wawaiaro, na Atamu ki apuna. Na arafanga iamu mai. A mwarao no obwani kai tatanui i anokaa, ki maangaa nikao i na wawaiaro. Ui wategami mai kamii ngaufa tangaa ngaekaa. Makui fagagumwagami paanigi ka ginomami, suria igami kamii fagagumwara kaniata na ginota ka inuni na fagaaera mai tangagami. Siaana kamii arao igaa ka faiofungifa aera; makui tawogami paania ki ngaia ni aera. Suria na arafanga iamu mana ramwofa mana raaraangamu, ki raorao mwa. Amen.
Source: http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bcp/Melanesia/owa1.html#pray_thanks
Information about Owa
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owa_language
https://www.sil.org/resources/search/language/stn
https://www.jstor.org/stable/26408516
ꞌAreꞌare, Arosi, Gela, Ghari, Kahua, Kwaio, Kwaraʼae, Lau, Lengo, Longgu, Oroha, Owa, Sa'a, Santa Cruz, Talise
Languages written with the Latin alphabet
Page created: 15.04.24. Last modified: 29.04.24
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