Ari language (New Guinea)

Ari
Native to Papua New Guinea
Region Ari and Serea villages, Aramia River area, Western Province.
Coordinates 7°57′S 142°24′E / 7.950°S 142.400°E / -7.950; 142.400
Native speakers
 50 (2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 aac
Glottolog arii1243[2]

The Ari language is a Papuan language of the Trans–New Guinea family. As of the 2000 census there were only 50 Ari speakers, living in two villages. As of 2010 the language is considered a dead language.

References

  1. ↑ Ari at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Ari". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.


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