Aribwatsa language

Aribwatsa
Lae, Ahi
Aribwatsa
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	New Guinea
Ethnicity	Lahe, Aribwatsa (subgroup)
Native speakers	(1 rememberer cited 1997)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Oceanic Huon Gulf Markham Lower Markham Busu Aribwatsa
Language codes
ISO 639-3	laz
Glottolog	arib1241

Aribwatsa, also known as Lae or Lahe, is an extinct member of the Busu subgroup of Lower Markham languages in the area of Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Descendants of the Aribwatsa-speaking community have mostly switched to the Bukawa language, which is spoken all along the north coast of the Huon Gulf and in several villages on the south coast. One old woman, Butoawê, remembered the language in 1997. ^[1]

References

1. Holzknecht, Susanne (1997). "Aribwatsa: a 'lost' language of the Markham Family, Papua New Guinea?".{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

• Susanne Holzknecht (1989). The Markham Languages of Papua New Guinea. Pacific Linguistics. ISBN   0-85883-394-8.
• Wurm, S.A., ed. (1997). Some Endangered Languages of Papua New Guinea: Kaki Ae, Musom, and Aribwatsa. Pacific Linguistics D-89. The Australian National University. ISBN   0-85883-467-7. ISSN   0078-7566.