Asaro languages

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The Asaro languages are a group of closely related Papuan languages spoken by indigenous communities in the Asaro region of Papua New Guinea’s Eastern Highlands.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Papuan language group
language family
arealContact Austronesian languages of Papua New Guinea
arealGroup Eastern Highlands languages NERFINISHED
continent Oceania
country Papua New Guinea
documentationStatus under-documented
ethnicity Asaro people NERFINISHED
geneticClassification Papuan
hasMember Asaro’o language
Auyana language
Dano language NERFINISHED
Lower Asaro language NERFINISHED
Tairora language NERFINISHED
Upper Asaro language NERFINISHED
ISO639-3Status individual member languages have separate ISO 639-3 codes
languageFamily Trans–New Guinea NERFINISHED
linguisticArea Papuan Highlands linguistic area NERFINISHED
locatedInTimeZone UTC+10
primaryUse oral communication
region New Guinea Highlands NERFINISHED
spokenIn Asaro region NERFINISHED
Eastern Highlands Province NERFINISHED
Papua New Guinea NERFINISHED
status minority languages
vulnerable
subclassOf Papuan languages NERFINISHED
Trans–New Guinea languages NERFINISHED
typologicalFeature SOV word order
usedBy indigenous communities of the Asaro Valley
usedIn local trade and social interaction
traditional cultural practices
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Eastern Highlands Province hasLanguage Asaro languages