Wabo language

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Wabo
Woriasi
Region Serui Island, Papua, Indonesia
Native speakers
(1,500 cited 1987) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 wbb
Glottolog wabo1240

Wabo is a Malayo-Polynesian language of Papua, Indonesia.

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References

  1. Wabo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)