The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
SIL code: APE
ISO 639-2: paa
| Population | 14,000 (1998 SIL) including 8,000 Coastal Arapesh (1998 R. Conrad SIL). |
| Region | East Sepik Province, west Yangoru District, Torricelli Mountains. |
| Alternate names | BUKIYÚP, MOUNTAIN ARAPESH |
| Dialects | COASTAL ARAPESH, BUKIYIP (MOUNTAIN ARAPESH). |
| Classification | Torricelli, Kombio-Arapesh, Arapesh. |
| Comments | 60% lexical similarity with Mufian. Grammar. SVO; 14 noun classes; noun phrase concordance. Literacy rate in first language: 15% to 25%. Literacy rate in second language: 25% to 50%. Scrub forest, tropical forest. Mountain slope. Swidden agriculturalists. 300 to 500 meters. NT 1994. |
