Ari language (New Guinea)
# Ari language (New Guinea)

The Ari language is a Papuan language of the Trans–New Guinea family. According to the 2000 census, there were only 50 Ari speakers, living in the two villages of Ari and Serea in Gogodala Rural LLG.

The language that most resembles Ari is the Gogodala language.

## Phonology

Consonant sounds :

| | | Labial | Alveolar | Velar |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k |
| Plosive | voiced | b | d | g |
| Plosive | prenasal | ᵐb | ⁿd | ᵑɡ |
| Nasal | Nasal | m | n | |
| Fricative | Fricative | | s | |
| Rhotic | Rhotic | | ɾ | |
| Glide | Glide | w | | j |

Vowel sounds :

| | Front | Central | Back |
| - | - | - | - |
| High | i | | u |
| Mid | e | | o |
| Mid | ɛ | | ɔ |
| Low | | a | |
