Yapen languages
Not to be confused with Yawa languages.
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Geographic distribution: | Yapen Island, New Guinea |
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Glottolog: | yape1249[1] |
The Yapen languages are the branch of Malayo-Polynesian languages spoken on Yapen Island and nearby isle of Cenderawasih Bay, Indonesian Papua. They share Yapen Ιsland with the Papuan Yawa languages.
They are:
- East: Kurudu, Wabo
- Central–Western: Ambai, Ansus, Busami, Munggui, Marau, Pom, Papuma, Roon, Serui-Laut, Wandamen, Woi
References
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Yapen". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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