Ata language
| Ata | |
|---|---|
| Pele-Ata | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | New Britain |
Native speakers | 2,000 (2007)[1] |
Yele-West New Britain ?
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ata |
| Glottolog | pele1245 |
| ELP | Pele-Ata |
The Ata language, also known as Pele-Ata after its two dialects, or Wasi, is a language isolate spoken on New Britain island, Papua New Guinea. It may be related to the Anêm and Yélî Dnye isolates in a tentative Yele-West New Britain family. There are about 2000 speakers.
Further information
References
- ^ Ata at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)