Aribwatsa

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A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3
laz
Alternate Names
Lae, Lahe
Population

No remaining speakers.

Location

Morobe Province, lower Wamped river.

Language Status

10 (Extinct).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, North New Guinea, Huon Gulf, Markham, Lower, Busu
Language Use

Shifted to Bugawac [buk], live in Bukawa [buk] villages of Butibum and Kamkumun at Lae.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Aribwatsa
Other Comments

Last speaker died in 1997 (Wurm 2007).