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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Pacific > Papua New Guinea > Aruamu

Aruamu

A language of Papua New Guinea

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Population  8,000 (1990 UBS).
Region  Madang Province, west of Bogia.
Language maps  Papua New Guinea, Map 4, reference number 185
Papua New Guinea, Map 6, reference number 185
Alternate names   Ariawiai, Makarub, Makarup, Mikarew, Mikarew-Ariaw, Mikarup
Classification  Ramu-Lower Sepik, Ramu, Mikarew
Language development  Literacy rate in L1: 5%–25%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. NT: 2005.
Writing system  Latin script.