Aribwaung language explained

Aribwaung
Also Known As:Yalu
Region:Markham Valley, New Guinea
Coordinates:-6.5952°N 146.8738°W
Ethnicity:1,200 (2008?)
Speakers:500
Date:2008
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam2:Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:Oceanic
Fam4:Western Oceanic
Fam5:Huon Gulf
Fam6:Markham
Fam7:Lower Markham
Fam8:Busu
Iso3:ylu
Glotto:arib1240
Glottorefname:Aribwaung

Aribwaung (Aribwaungg), also known as Yalu (Jaloc), is an Austronesian language of Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in the single village of Yalu (-6.5952°N 146.8738°W) in Wampar Rural LLG.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Holzknecht, Susanne . The Markham Languages of Papua New Guinea . Pacific Linguistics. 1989 . 0-85883-394-8.