Arapesh languages

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The Arapesh languages are a group of closely related Papuan languages spoken by the Arapesh people of northern Papua New Guinea, known for their complex gender systems and rich ethnolinguistic traditions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Papuan languages
language family
arealFeatureOf Sepik–Ramu linguistic area NERFINISHED
areEndangered true
areSpokenAlong north coast of New Guinea
areSpokenNear Prince Alexander Range NERFINISHED
areSubjectOf anthropological linguistics research
studies in gender systems
studies in linguistic relativity
associatedWithAnthropologist Margaret Mead GENERATED
Reo Fortune GENERATED
ethnolinguisticGroup Arapesh NERFINISHED
ethnologueStatus threatened
familyColor Papuan
glottologCode arap1272
glottologName Arapesh NERFINISHED
hasLinguisticFeature complex gender system
noun class system
rich ethnolinguistic traditions
hasMember Abu Arapesh NERFINISHED
Bumbita Arapesh NERFINISHED
Mountain Arapesh NERFINISHED
Northern Arapesh NERFINISHED
Southern Arapesh NERFINISHED
haveISO6393Code aah (Abu Arapesh)
ape (Bumbita Arapesh) NERFINISHED
mph (Mountain Arapesh) NERFINISHED
languageBranchOf Torricelli languages
neighboringLanguages Abelam language NERFINISHED
Boikin language NERFINISHED
Yimas language NERFINISHED
region northern Papua New Guinea
spokenBy Arapesh people NERFINISHED
spokenIn East Sepik Province NERFINISHED
Papua New Guinea NERFINISHED
Sandaun Province NERFINISHED
subclassOf Torricelli language family NERFINISHED
typologicalFeature agreement with multiple gender classes
complex verb morphology
prefixal morphology
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Arapesh society languageSpoken Arapesh languages