Woria | |
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Region | Indonesian Papua |
Native speakers | 5 (2000) [1] |
East Geelvink Bay?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | wor |
Glottolog | wori1246 |
ELP | Woria |
Woria is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Coordinates: 2°22′48″S136°31′08″E / 2.37997°S 136.519°E |
Woria is a nearly extinct Papuan language of the Indonesian province of Papua, on the eastern shore of Cenderawasih Bay. It is spoken in Botawa village, Waropen Regency, where the Lakes Plain language Saponi was also spoken. [2]
Woria is lexically similar to the East Geelvink Bay languages and presumably belongs in that family, but is too poorly attested to be sure.
Paradisec's open access collection from Bert Voorhoeve includes Woira language materials
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