West Arawe
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionWest New Britain Province
Native speakers
(10,800 cited 1981–2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
apo  Apalik (Ambul)
gip  Gimi (Loko)
mwg  Aiklep
aaw  Solong (Arowe)
Glottologwest2530

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

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


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