Papuma language

Papuma
Papuma
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Yapen Island
Native speakers	(600 cited 1982)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian Eastern Malayo-Polynesian South Halmahera–West New Guinea Cenderawasih Bay Yapen Central–Western Central Papuma; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ppm
Glottolog	papu1251
ELP	Papuma

Last updated January 13, 2026

Papuma is an Eastern Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in Papua Province of Western New Guinea, northeastern Indonesia.

References

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

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

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