title: Amba language (Solomon Islands)
text: # Amba language (Solomon Islands)
  
  Amba (also known as Aba, Nembao or Nebao) is the main language spoken on the island of Utupua, in the easternmost province of the Solomon Islands.
  
  ## Name
  
  The speaker population calls their own language (with prenasalised). This name may be rendered Amba or Aba depending on spelling conventions, which have not been fixed yet for these languages.
  
  Speakers of neighbouring Asumboa designate the Amba language as. This form, which may be spelled Nembao or Nebao, has sometimes been used by foreigners as another name for the Amba language.
  
  