Arhâ

A language of New Caledonia

ISO 639: aqr
Alternate Names: Ara
Population: 170 (2009 census).
Location:: North and South provinces: west coast, Poya, upper valleys.
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].
Other Comments: Christian.

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