West Arawe language

West Arawe
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	West New Britain Province
Native speakers	(10,800 cited 1981–2000)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Oceanic North New Guinea Ngero–Vitiaz Southwest New Britain Arawe–Pasismanua Arawe West Arawe; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously:; apo – Apalik (Ambul); gip – Gimi (Loko); mwg – Aiklep; aaw – Solong (Arowe)
Glottolog	west2530

West Arawe is an Austronesian dialect chain of West New Britain, Papua New Guinea. The principal varieties are Apalik, Gimi, Aiklep, and Arawe proper (Solong).

References

Apalik (Ambul) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Gimi (Loko) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Aiklep at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Solong (Arowe) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

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