Aru languages
| Aru | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | Indonesia |
| Linguistic classification | Austronesian |
| Glottolog | aruu1241[1] |
The Aru languages are a group of a dozen Austronesian languages spoken on the Aru Islands in Indonesia. None are spoken by more than ten thousand people. Although geographically close to Central Maluku languages, they are not part of that group linguistically (Ross 1995).
The languages are: Barakai, Batuley, Dobel, Karey, Koba, Kola, Kompane, Lola, Lorang, Manombai, Mariri, East Tarangan, West Tarangan, Ujir
References
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Aru". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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