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| As | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Bird's Head Peninsula |
| Ethnicity | As |
Native speakers | 5–6 (2020) [1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | asz |
| Glottolog | asss1237 |
| ELP | As |
  As  As | |
| Coordinates: 0°45′S131°44′E / 0.75°S 131.73°E | |
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]
