Ari language (New Guinea)

Ari
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionAri and Serea villages, Aramia River area, Western Province.
Native speakers
50 (2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3aac
Glottologarii1243
ELPAri
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 / -7.950; 142.400

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.

Phonology

Consonant sounds[5]
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
Vowel sounds[5]
Front Central Back
High i u
Mid e o
ɛ ɔ
Low a

References

  1. ^ a b Ari at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Pawley & Hammarström 2017, p. 48.
  3. ^ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ a b Reesink (1976)

Sources

  • 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

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