Endangered Languages Project - Arhö

Arhö

^{[aka Aro, Neukaledonien,]}

Classification: Austronesian

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severely endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Aro, Neukaledonien
CLASSIFICATION		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, New Caledonian
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		aok
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
62
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from the 1996 census. The number of native speakers is decreasing.

DATE OF INFO: 1996

PLACES: New Caledonia;

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
10-100
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
10-100 speakers reported in 1982. Now it is only a small number.

DATE OF INFO: 1982

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: Arho¨ speakers are bilingual in Ajie¨
More on Orthography: No literacy in language

PLACES: New Caledonia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: central southwestern coast, on the coast and inland, around Poya town.

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
10
Native speakers worldwide

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
10
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"Reported to be near extinction."

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
349
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Only speakers above age 14 are included in this figure.

PLACES: New Caledonia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Spoken in the region of Poya.

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
62
Native speakers worldwide

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Information from: “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO Publishing