The Ari language is a Papuan language of the Trans–New Guinea family. 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][2][3]
| 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
| 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
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.