Agarabi | Ethnologue

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639: agd
Alternate Names: Agarabe, Bare
Autonym: Agarabi
Population: 27,000 (2000 census).
Location:: Eastern Highlands province: Kainantu district.
Language Status: 6a (Vigorous).
Classification: Trans-New Guinea, Kainantu-Goroka, Kainantu, Gadsup-Auyana-Awa
Dialects: Kona, Kunai, Bush. Reportedly similar to Gadsup [gaj].
Typology: SOV.
Language Use: All domains. Used by all. Most also use Tok Pisin [tpi].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Below 5%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%. Literature. Videos. NT: 2010.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Agarabi
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: Eastern Highlands province: Kainantu district.