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Yeretuar language

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Native to
  
Indonesia

Native speakers
  
350 (2000)

Glottolog
  
yere1243

Region
  
West Papua

ISO 639-3
  
gop

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

Yeretuar, or Goni, is an Eastern Malayo-Polynesian language in its putative Cenderawasih languages branch, originating from Cenderawasih Bay (Geelvink Bay) in West Papua Province of Western New Guinea, northeastern Indonesia.

It is not closely related to other languages.

References

Yeretuar language Wikipedia