Arhâ

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A language of New Caledonia

ISO 639-3
aqr
Alternate Names
Ara
User Population

170 (2009 census).

Location

North and South provinces: west coast, Poya, upper valleys.

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Language Status

8a (Moribund).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, New Caledonian, Southern, South, Wailic
Dialects

None known. Arhâ and Arhö [aok] are very closely related to each other and to Ajië [aji], but are mutually unintelligible (de la Fontinelle 1976).

Typology

Tonal.

Language Use

Shifted to Ajië [aji].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Arhâ
Other Comments

Christian.