Gebe language

Gebe
Minyaifuin
Native to	Indonesia
Native speakers	(2,700 cited 2000) [1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian Eastern Malayo-Polynesian South Halmahera–West New Guinea Raja Ampat–South Halmahera South Halmahera Gebe
Language codes
ISO 639-3	gei
Glottolog	gebe1237
ELP	Gebe

Gebe, or Minyaifuin, is an Austronesian language of eastern Indonesia, spoken on the Gebe islands between Halmahera and Waigeo.

References

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

Further reading

• Burhanuddin, Burhanuddin; Sumarlam, Sumarlam; Mahsun, Mahsun (2017). "Kedudukan bahasa Gebe di Halmahera Tengah Maluku Utara: Studi pendahuluan dari aspek linguistik historis". Arkhais: Jurnal Ilmu Bahasa dan Sastra Indonesia. 8 (1): 1–7. doi: 10.21009/ARKHAIS.081.01 .