Abu Arapesh language

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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 NERFINISHED
continent Oceania
country Papua New Guinea
endangeredStatus vulnerable
hasAlternativeName Aba Arapesh NERFINISHED
Abu NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
languageStatus minority language
neighboringLanguage Bumbita Arapesh language NERFINISHED
Mountain Arapesh language
region East Sepik Province NERFINISHED
spokenBy Arapesh people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Papua New Guinea NERFINISHED
subfamily Arapesh languages NERFINISHED
typologicalClassification head-marking language
usedAlongside English NERFINISHED
Tok Pisin NERFINISHED
usedFor oral communication
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Arapesh speaks Abu Arapesh language