Amara language
Appearance
Amara | |
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Region | parts of West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea |
Native speakers | 230 (2011)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | aie |
Glottolog | amar1272 |
ELP | Amara |
Amara is an Austronesian language spoken by about 1200 individuals along the northwest coast of West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea on the island of New Britain. Speakers have close to a 100% bilingualism with Bariai, and many also speak Tok Pisin.
References
- ^ Amara at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)