Waropen language

Waropen
Native to	Indonesia
Region	West Papua
Native speakers	(6,000 cited 1987)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Nuclear MP (Central–Eastern) Halmahera–Cenderawasih Waropen; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	wrp
Glottolog	waro1242[2]

Waropen is an Austronesian language in the putative Cenderawasih (Geelvink Bay) of Indonesian Papua. It is fairly closely related to the Yapen languages. Dialects are Waropen Kai, Napan, and Ambumi.

Distribution

In Papua province, it is spoken in Mamberamo Raya Regency and Waropen Regency. The Ambumi dialect is spoken in the south Waropen Bay area. Waropen is also spoken southwest to the Rombak River mouth.

↑ Waropen at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Waropen". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

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