Gorap language
Malay creole, spoken in Northern Halmahera Island / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gorap is a creole of Malay predominantly spoken by Bobaneigo ethnic group, indigenous to western and northern regions of the Indonesian island of Halmahera.[2] It shares vocabulary with other Papuan languages and some of languages spoken in Sulawesi, such as Buginese and Cia-Cia. Roughly around 60 out of 200 attested words in this language were indicated sharing vocabulary with those languages.[3]
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Gorap | |
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Native to | Indonesia |
Region | Northern and western regions of Halmahera Island (mainly) |
Ethnicity | Bobaneigo |
Native speakers | (1,000 cited 1992)[1] |
Malay-based creole
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | goq |
Glottolog | gora1261 |
ELP | |
Gorap language classified as Endangered by UNESCO in its Atlas of the World's Languages at Risk of Extinction | |
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