Kurudu language

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Kurudu
Native to Indonesia
Region Papua
Ethnicity Kurudu
Native speakers
(2,200 cited 1993) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 kjr
Glottolog kuru1305

Kurudu is an Eastern Yapen language of the Malayo-Polynesian languages, in Papua Province of Western New Guinea, northeastern Indonesia.

It is spoken by the people in Kurudu Island, located in Cenderawasih Bay between Serui Island of the Yapen Islands, and the New Guinea mainland.

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References

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