Aribwatsa language explained

Aribwatsa
Nativename:Lae
Region:New Guinea
Extinct:?
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam2:Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:Oceanic
Fam4:Western Oceanic
Fam5:Huon Gulf
Fam6:Markham
Fam7:Lower Markham
Fam8:Busu
Iso3:laz
Glotto:arib1241
Glottorefname:Aribwatsa

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 language 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.

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