Amara is an
Austronesian language spoken by about 1200 individuals along the northwest coast of
West New Britain Province,
Papua New Guinea on the island of
New Britain
New Britain ( tpi, Niu Briten) is the largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago, part of the Islands Region of Papua New Guinea. It is separated from New Guinea by a northwest corner of the Solomon Sea (or with an island hop of Umboi the Dam ...
. Speakers have close to 100% bilingualism with
Bariai, and many also speak
Tok Pisin.
References
Ngero–Vitiaz languages
Western Oceanic languages
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