As language

As
As
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Bird's Head Peninsula
Ethnicity	As
Native speakers	5-6 (2020)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian Eastern Malayo-Polynesian South Halmahera–West New Guinea Halmahera Sea As; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	asz
Glottolog	asss1237
ELP	As
	As As
	Coordinates: 0°45′S131°44′E / 0.75°S 131.73°E

Last updated April 10, 2025

As is an Austronesian language spoken in the village of Asbaken, on the north coast of the Doberai Peninsula, on the Indonesian portion of the island of New Guinea.^[1] It was possibly originally spoken on Gag Island.^[2]

In 1987, Berry & Berry found approximately 300 speakers of As, but by 2020, Arnold found only six speakers, all elderly. The language is considered moribund as a result, though there is some interest among younger people in documenting the language before it is fully extinct.^[1]

References

1 2 3 Arnold, Laura (2020-07-31). "Four undocumented languages of Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia". Language Documentation and Description. 17 (0). doi:10.25894/ldd95. ISSN 2756-1224.
↑ Berry, Keith; Berry, Christine (1987). "A survey of some West Papuan phylum languages". Workpapers in Indonesian Languages and Cultures. 4: 25–80.

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[Arnold2020-1] 1 2 3 Arnold, Laura (2020-07-31). "Four undocumented languages of Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia". Language Documentation and Description. 17 (0). doi:10.25894/ldd95. ISSN 2756-1224.

[2] Berry, Keith; Berry, Christine (1987). "A survey of some West Papuan phylum languages". Workpapers in Indonesian Languages and Cultures. 4: 25–80.

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