Waropen language

E695185

Waropen is an Austronesian language spoken by the Waropen people along the northern coast of Papua (Indonesia), known for its place within the South Halmahera–West New Guinea subgroup.

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Waropen language canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
natural language
closelyRelatedTo Biak language
Yapen languages
continent Asia
country Indonesia
endangermentStatus vulnerable
glottocode waro1244
hasAlternativeName Warope
Waropen
hasDialect Masimasi dialect
Napan dialect
Waropen Coast dialect
hasDomain Papuan coastal communities
hasMorphologicalType moderately agglutinative
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive nasal and oral vowels
simple consonant inventory
hasWordOrder SVO
iso639-3Code wrp
isPartOf South Halmahera–West New Guinea linkage
isSubjectOf Austronesian comparative studies
languageFamily Austronesian languages
macroArea Papunesia
region northern coast of Papua
spokenBy Waropen people
spokenIn Indonesia
Papua Province
subgroupOf Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages
South Halmahera–West New Guinea languages
usedFor daily communication
traditional oral literature
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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