Aru languages

Aru
Aru
Geographic; distribution	Indonesia
Linguistic classification	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian (MP) Nuclear MP (Central–Eastern) Aru; ; ; ;
Glottolog	aruu1241

The Aru languages are a group of a dozen Austronesian languages spoken on the Aru Islands in Indonesia. None are spoken by more than ten thousand people. Although geographically close to Central Maluku languages, they are not part of that group linguistically (Ross 1995).

The languages are: Barakai, Batuley, Dobel, Karey, Koba, Kola, Kompane, Lola, Lorang, Manombai, Mariri, East Tarangan, West Tarangan, Ujir

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