Ansus language

Ansus
Ansus
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Miosnum Island and the south coast of Yapen Island
Native speakers	(4,600 cited 1987)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian Eastern Malayo-Polynesian South Halmahera–West New Guinea Cenderawasih Bay Yapen Central–Western Ansus; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	and
Glottolog	ansu1237

Last updated January 13, 2026

Ansus is an Austronesian language spoken by the Ansus people in the Papua Province of Western New Guinea, Indonesia.

It is one of the South Halmahera–West New Guinea languages.

References

↑ Ansus at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

External links

Ansus Wordlist with English and Indonesian glossaries

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[e18-1] Ansus at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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