Marau language explained

Marau
States:Indonesia
Region:South coast of Serui Island,
Ambai Islands group
Speakers:1,700
Date:1987
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam2:Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Fam4:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Fam5:South Halmahera–West New Guinea
Fam6:Cenderawasih Bay
Fam7:Yapen
Fam8:Central–Western
Dia1:Warabori[1]
Iso3:mvr
Glotto:mara1397
Glottorefname:Marau

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.

Notes and References

  1. Also rendered "Warembori"; distinguish from the Warembori language