Sauri language

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Sauri
Native to Indonesia
RegionSauri-Sirami village, Masirei District, Waropen Regency, Papua
Native speakers
(100 cited 1987) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 srt
Glottolog saur1251
ELP Sauri

Sauri is a Papuan language of the Indonesian province of Papua, on the eastern shore of Cenderawasih Bay. It is spoken in Sauri-Sirami village, Masirei District, Waropen Regency. [2]

Sauri is lexically similar to the East Geelvink Bay languages and presumably belongs in that family, but is too poorly attested to be sure.

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References

  1. Sauri at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Indonesia languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.