Galeya language

Galeya
Galeya
Garea
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Milne Bay Province
Native speakers	(2,600 cited 2000 census)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Oceanic Papuan Tip Nuclear Papuan Tip North Papuan Mainland – D'Entrecasteaux Dobu–Duau Galeya; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	gar
Glottolog	gale1257

Last updated January 02, 2026

Galeya (Garea) is a dialectically diverse Austronesian language spoken in the D'Entrecasteaux Islands of Papua New Guinea.

References

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

External links

Paradisec open access word list including Galeya

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

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