Arop language

{{Short description|Oceanic language spoken in Papua New Guinea}}

{{distinguish|Sissano language}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Arop-Sissano

|altname=Arop

|region=Sandaun Province

|state=Papua New Guinea

|coordinates={{coord|-3.08683|142.120379|type:city_region:PG|name=Arop 1}}

|speakers={{sigfig|1,500|2}}

|date=2001

|ref=e25

|familycolor=Austronesian

|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian

|fam3=Oceanic

|fam4=Western

|fam5=Schouten

|fam6=Siau

|iso3=aps

|glotto=arop1242

|glottorefname=Arop-Sissano

}}

Arop-Sissano, or Arop, is an Austronesian language of Arop village ({{coord|-3.08683|142.120379|type:city_region:PG|name=Arop 1}}) in West Aitape Rural LLG, coastal Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.{{cite web |url=https://data.humdata.org/dataset/village-coordinates-lookup |title=Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup |author=United Nations in Papua New Guinea |work=Humanitarian Data Exchange |version=1.31.9 |date=2018}}