Aghu language

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This article is about the Papuan language. For the Australian language, see Aghu Tharrnggala (linguistics).

Aghu
Spoken in:	Papua, Indonesia

Total speakers:	~3,000
Language family:	Trans-New Guinea Central and South New Guinea Awyu-Dumut Awyu Aghu
Language codes
ISO 639-1:	None
ISO 639-2:	`paa`
ISO 639-3:	`ahh`
Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode.

Aghu, also known as Djair or Dyair, is a Papuan language of Papua, Indonesia. It is spoken in the villages of Kenggi, Anggai, Sabakaghẽ, Susu, Bana, Waghabang, Kaliwin, Tanah Merah (Uyumbe), Mutiriop, Mariang, Mariori, Ghesi, Yofon, Sikafio, Bigisa, and Duba, at least.

Bibliography

(Dutch) Drabbe, P. (1957). Spraakkunst van het Aghu-dialect van de Awju-taal. Den Haag: M. Nijhoff.
(English) Voorhoeve, C. L. (1980) [1975]. Languages of Irian Jaya, Checklist: Preliminary Classification, Language Maps, Wordlists. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. pp. 28, 98. http://www.papuaweb.org/dlib/bk/pl/B31/_toc.html.

External links

Ethnologue report for language code:ahh

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