Marau language

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Marau
Native to Indonesia
RegionSouth coast of Serui Island,
Ambai Islands group
Native speakers
(1,700 cited 1987) [1]
Dialects
Language codes
ISO 639-3 mvr
Glottolog mara1397

Marau is an Eastern Malayo-Polynesian language spoken on the south coast of Serui Island of the Ambai Islands group in Cenderawasih Bay, within Papua Province of Western New Guinea, northeastern Indonesia.

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References

  1. Marau at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Also rendered "Warembori"; distinguish from the Warembori language