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Mol language

Amol, also Alatil or Aru, is a Torricelli language of Papua New Guinea. The names Amol and Aru are both slightly erroneous. Speakers of the language call their language Mol, while speakers of surrounding languages call the language Oru. Matthew S. Dryer of the University at Buffalo has collected data on Mol.

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Source
Amol
Alatil
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionSandaun Province
Native speakers
500 (2004)1
Language codes
ISO 639-3alx
Glottologamol1235
ELPAru

Amol, also Alatil or Aru, is a Torricelli language of Papua New Guinea. The names Amol and Aru are both slightly erroneous. Speakers of the language call their language Mol (not Amol), while speakers of surrounding languages call the language Oru (not Aru). Matthew S. Dryer of the University at Buffalo has collected data on Mol.

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References

  1. Amol at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon