Ata language
| Ata | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | New Britain |
Native speakers | 2,000 (2007)[1] |
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Yele-West New Britain ?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
ata |
| Glottolog |
pele1245[2] |
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)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Pele-Ata". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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