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Waropen language

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Native to
  
Indonesia

Native speakers
  
(6,000 cited 1987)

Glottolog
  
waro1242

Region
  
West Papua

ISO 639-3
  
wrp

Language family
  
Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Nuclear MP (Central–Eastern) Halmahera–Cenderawasih Waropen

Waropen is an Austronesian language in the putative Cenderawasih (Geelvink Bay) of Indonesian Papua. It is fairly closely related to the Yapen languages.

References

Waropen language Wikipedia