Aruek language explained

Aruek
States:Papua New Guinea
Region:Sandaun Province
Speakers:740
Date:2003
Ref:e25
Familycolor:Papuan
Fam1:Torricelli
Fam2:(unclassified)
Iso3:aur
Glotto:arue1240
Glottorefname:Aruek

Aruek is a Torricelli language of Papua New Guinea. There is little data to classify it, and it is therefore left unclassified within Torricelli by Ross (2005).[1] There are no longer any speakers in the one village where it was spoken and people of that village say the language is now extinct.

Notes and References

  1. Book: McCormack . William C. . Approaches to Language: Anthropological Issues . Wurm . Stephen A. . 2011-06-15 . Walter de Gruyter . 978-3-11-080003-6 . 259 . en.