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]
| 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 |
 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 language that most resembles Ari is the Gogodala language.
Phonology
edit| Labial | Alveolar | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k |
| voiced | b | d | g | |
| prenasal | ᵐb | ⁿd | ᵑɡ | |
| Nasal | m | n | ||
| Fricative | s | |||
| Rhotic | ɾ | |||
| Glide | w | j | ||
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | u | |
| Mid | e | o | |
| ɛ | ɔ | ||
| Low | a |
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Reesink (1976)
Sources
edit- Reesink, Ger P. 1976. Languages of the Aramia River area. In: Ger P. Reesink, L. Fleischmann, S. Turpeinen, Peter Lincoln. (eds.), Papers in New Guinea Linguistics No. 19, 1–37. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
- Pawley, Andrew; Hammarström, Harald (2017-12-04), Palmer, Bill (ed.), "The Trans New Guinea family", The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area, De Gruyter, ISBN 978-3-11-029525-2, retrieved 2024-09-10