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).
[2] Arosi distinguishes 5 vowels and 17 consonants, including the velar nasal [ŋ] and the glottal stop.
[2][3] Sounds /k, ɡ/ can have labialized allophones [kʷ, ɡʷ] when before rounded vowels.
[2] The table below shows examples illustrating different types of syllable structure in Arosi: Arosi words can bear two types of stress: Compared to English and other Western European languages, Arosi's intonation tends to waver from higher to lower tones more quickly rather than steadily increasing.
[2] In addition to noun-phrases (NP) and verbal phrases (VP), other elements that can be added to a sentences, such as a Location (L), Time (T), or Reason (R).
'enoniarongoaiaohanamawae noni a rongoa i aoha na mawa'A man heard the sound of the wind.
'mwaninoninairongoaiaohanamara'ai'a'iraraidoranauhimaii'eimwani noni nai rongoa i aohana ma ra 'ai 'a 'irara i dora na uhi mai i 'ei'The men will hear its sound and not know where it came from.
'There are three requirements for a verbal phrase in Arosi: A minor sentence does not include a predicate.
[2] In Arosi, pronouns also possess a dual number as well as a singular and plural.
[2] There are also three different tense systems in Arosi: Indefinite, past and future.
The majority of words involving the naming of people or objects are simple nouns.
"person work") or in hua i rumu 'oil flask, where the words are joined by 'i instead.
[2] The following is a list of question words:[2] In the table below, there is a translation of different numbers in Arosi.
Because Arosi has a base-ten numeral system, you will begin to notice a common pattern when counting numbers beyond ten.