Yeretuar language
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Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia
| Yeretuar | |
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| Umar, Goni | |
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | West Papua |
Native speakers | 350 (2000)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | gop |
| Glottolog | yere1243 |
  Yeretuar | |
| Coordinates: 3°01′S 134°40′E / 3.02°S 134.66°E / -3.02; 134.66 | |
Yeretuar, also called Umar or Goni, is an Eastern Malayo-Polynesian language in its putative Cenderawasih languages branch, originating from Cenderawasih Bay (Geelvink Bay) in West Papua Province of Western New Guinea, northeastern Indonesia.
It is not closely related to other languages.
References
[edit]- ^ Yeretuar at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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