Abu Arapesh language

E1021847

The Abu Arapesh language is a Papuan language of the Arapesh people of Papua New Guinea, known for its complex noun classification and rich verbal morphology.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Papuan language
natural language
basicWordOrder SOV
belongsTo Arapesh language cluster
linked to: Arapesh languages
continent Oceania
country Papua New Guinea
endangeredStatus vulnerable
hasAlternativeName Aba Arapesh
Abu
Weri
hasDomain traditional culture of Arapesh people
hasFeature agreement morphology
complex noun classification
grammatical gender-like noun classes
prefixal morphology
rich verbal morphology
suffixal morphology
hasLinguisticInterest morphosyntax of Papuan languages
noun classification system
verbal agreement patterns
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive tone (reported for some Arapesh varieties)
ISO639-3Code aah
languageFamily Torricelli language family
languageStatus minority language
neighboringLanguage Bumbita Arapesh language
Mountain Arapesh language
region East Sepik Province
spokenBy Arapesh people
spokenIn Papua New Guinea
subfamily Arapesh languages
typologicalClassification head-marking language
usedAlongside English
Tok Pisin
usedFor oral communication
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arapesh speaks Abu Arapesh language
Southern Arapesh language hasNeighboringLanguage Abuʼ Arapesh language
linked to: Abu Arapesh language
Southern Arapesh language hasNeighboringLanguage Mountain Arapesh language
linked to: Abu Arapesh language