West Arawe language
| West Arawe | |
|---|---|
| Region | West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea |
Native speakers | (10,800 cited 1981–2000)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:apo – Apalik (Ambul)gip – Gimi (Loko)mwg – Aiklepaaw – Solong (Arowe) |
| Glottolog | west2530[2] |
West Arawe is an Austronesian dialect chain of West New Britain, Papua New Guinea. The principal varieties are Apalik, Gimi, Aiklep, and Arawe proper (Solong).
References
- ^ Apalik (Ambul) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Gimi (Loko) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Aiklep at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Solong (Arowe) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "West Arawe". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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