Abu’ Arapesh language
Abu’, also known as Ua (meaning 'no'), is an Arapesh language (Torricelli family) of Papua New Guinea. Speakers are shifting to Tok Pisin.
Abu' | |
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Ua | |
Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | East Sepik Province: Albiges-Mablep Rural LLG, ward 8; Sandaun Province: East Aitape Rural LLG, wards 23, 24, 25 |
Native speakers | 2,600 (2000 census)[1] |
Torricelli
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | aah |
Glottolog | abua1245 [2] |
- East Sepik Province: Albiges-Mablep Rural LLG, ward 8 (Wamsak / Amom) (3.514525°S 142.903064°E)
- Sandaun Province: East Aitape Rural LLG, wards 23, 24, 25 (respectively: Wamsis (3.467489°S 142.960415°E), Balup (3.393568°S 142.96348°E), Matapau (3.361089°S 143.024274°E))
References
- Abu' at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Abu' Arapesh". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
- United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
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