West Arawe language

West Arawe
West Arawe
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	West New Britain Province
Native speakers	(10,800 cited 1981–2000)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Oceanic North New Guinea Ngero–Vitiaz Southwest New Britain Arawe–Pasismanua Arawe West Arawe; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously:; apo – Apalik (Ambul); gip – Gimi (Loko); mwg – Aiklep; aaw – Solong (Arowe)
Glottolog	west2530

West Arawe is an Austronesian dialect chain of West New Britain, Papua New Guinea. The principal varieties are Apalik, Gimi, Aiklep, and Arawe proper (Solong).