Aribwatsa

LAZ

extinct

Alternate Names: Lae, Lahe

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Western Oceanic
North New Guinea
Huon Gulf
Markham
Lower
Busu

Demographics: No known L1 speakers. Last speaker died in 1997 (Wurm 2007).

Language Use: Shifted to Bugawac [buk], live in Bukawa [buk] villages of Butibum and Kamkumun at Lae.

Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea