Aruop is a

Torricelli language Torricelli, or Lou, is a Torricelli language of East Sepik province, Papua New Guinea. There is little data to classify it, and it is therefore left unclassified within Torricelli by Ross (2005). References Torricelli languages Langua ...

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. Speakers of the language call the language Srenge or Lawu Srenge, where lawu is the Srenge word for 'language'. Speakers of surrounding languages call the language Aruop, which is the Srenge word for no, following a common convention in the region of using the word for 'no' in a language as a name for that language. Documentation of Srenge is currently underway by

Matthew S. Dryer Matthew S. Dryer is a professor of linguistics at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, State University of New York at Buffalo who has worked in typology, syntax, and language documentation. He is best known for his resear ...

and Lea Brown of the University at Buffalo.

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Palei languages Languages of Sandaun Province {{papuan-lang-stub