ISO 639-3 · mwcmwc
Austronesian family
Are
Are is a language of the Papuan Tip branch (Austronesian), spoken in Papua New Guinea. Wikidata counts about 1,200 speakers (1973). Wikidata describes it as “Austronesian language of the eastern Papua New Guinean mainland”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
mwc- Glottocode
aree1239- Family
- Austronesian
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- Wikipedia
- 8 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
8levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Are |
|---|---|
| Also called | Are language |
| All speakers | 1,200 (1973) |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Austronesian to Are
The branches above Are, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Papua New Guinea
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationaltpiTok Pisinunclassified · 4.1 m1 · NationalenqEngaTrans–New Guinea · 230,0005 · DevelopinghmoHiri MotuAustronesian · 120,0003 · Wider CommunicationksdTolaiAustronesian · 81,0003 · Wider CommunicationmeuMotuAustronesian · 39,0005 · DevelopingazrAdzeraAustronesian · 30,0004 · EducationalsnpSianeunclassified · 29,0005 · DevelopingagdAgarabiunclassified · 27,0006a · VigorousgahAlekanoTrans–New Guinea · 25,0007 · Shifting