Tefaro language

Tefaro
Tefaro
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Demba District, Waropen Regency, Papua
Native speakers	(100 cited 1987)
Language family	East Geelvink Bay? Tefaro;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tfo
Glottolog	tefa1238
ELP	Tefaro
	Tefaro
	Coordinates: 2°21′02″S136°45′11″E / 2.35042°S 136.753°E

Last updated November 26, 2025

Tefaro is a Papuan language of the Indonesian province of Papua, on the eastern shore of Cenderawasih Bay. It is spoken in Demba and Tefaro villages of Waropen Regency.^[2]

Tefaro is lexically similar to the East Geelvink Bay languages and presumably belongs in that family, but is too poorly attested to be sure.

References

↑ Tefaro at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
↑ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Indonesia languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.

This Papuan languages–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This Indoneisan language-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

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

[Ethnologue22-ID-2] Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Indonesia languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.

[1]

[2]