| Ari | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Ari and Serea villages, Aramia River area, Western Province. |
Native speakers | 50 (2000)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | aac |
| Glottolog | arii1243 |
| ELP | Ari |
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Lang_Status_40-SE.svg) Ari is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
| Coordinates: 7°57′S 142°24′E / 7.950°S 142.400°E | |
The Ari language is a Papuan language of the Trans–New Guinea family.[2] According to the 2000 census, there were only 50 Ari speakers, living in the two villages of Ari and Serea in Gogodala Rural LLG.[1][3][4]
The language that most resembles Ari is the Gogodala language.
- ^ a b Ari at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Pawley & Hammarström 2017, p. 48.
- ^ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
- ^ Evans, Nicholas (2018). "The languages of Southern New Guinea". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 641–774. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
