Subgroup of the Austronesian language family
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Geographic
distribution | Aru Islands, Indonesia |
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| Linguistic classification | Austronesian |
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| Glottolog | aruu1241 |
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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).
Languages
The following classification of the Aru languages is from Glottolog 4.0 (2019), and is arranged according to Hughes (1987: 96) since the Aru languages form an interconnected linkage or dialect chain:[1][2]
References
- ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2019). "Glottolog". 4.0. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ^ Hughes, Jock (1987). "The languages of Kei, Tanimbar and Aru: Lexicostatistic classification" (PDF). In Soenjono Dardjowidjojo (ed.). Miscellaneous studies of Indonesian and other languages in Indonesia, part 9. NUSA 27. Jakarta: Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya. pp. 71–111.
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Philippine
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| Greater Barito * | |
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Greater
North Borneo * | |
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| Sumatran * | Northwest Sumatra
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| Lampungic | |
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| Javanese | |
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| Madurese | |
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Bali–Sasak
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| Celebic | |
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| South Sulawesi | |
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| Isolates | |
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| SHWNG | |
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| Oceanic | | Admiralty | |
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| Saint Matthias | |
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| Temotu | |
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Southeast
Solomonic | | Gela–Guadalcanal | |
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Malaita–
San Cristobal | |
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Western
Oceanic | Meso–
Melanesian | | Willaumez | |
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| Bali-Vitu | |
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New Ireland–
Northwest
Solomonic | | Tungag–Nalik | |
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| Tabar | |
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| Madak | |
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| St. George | |
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Northwest
Solomonic | |
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North
New Guinea | |
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| Papuan Tip | | Nuclear | |
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| Kilivila–Misima | |
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| Nimoa–Sudest | |
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Southern
Oceanic | North
Vanuatu | |
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Nuclear
Southern
Oceanic | Central
Vanuatu | |
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| South Vanuatu | |
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Loyalties–
New Caledonia | | Loyalty Islands | |
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| New Caledonian | |
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| Micronesian | |
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Central
Pacific | |
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