Eritai language

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Eritai
Baburiwa
Aliki
Native to Indonesia
RegionEri village in East Central Mambermano District, Mamberamo Raya Regency, Papua
Native speakers
(530 cited 2000) [1]
Lakes Plain
  • Central
    • Obokuitai–Eritai
      • Eritai
Language codes
ISO 639-3 ert
Glottolog erit1239

Eritai (Eri), or Baburiwa, is a Lakes Plain language of Irian Jaya, Indonesia. It is named after Eri village in East Central Mambermano District, Mamberamo Raya Regency.

It is spoken in Eri, Haya, and Kustera villages. [2]

Sikaritai, Obokuitai, and Eritai constitute a dialect cluster.

References

  1. Eritai 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.