Yapen languages (Austronesian)

Summary

The Yapen languages are the branch of Malayo-Polynesian languages spoken on Yapen Island and the nearby isle of Cenderawasih Bay, both in Papua province of northeastern Indonesia.

Yapen
Geographic
distribution
Yapen Island, Western New Guinea, Indonesia
Linguistic classificationAustronesian
Glottologyape1249

They share Yapen Ιsland with the Papuan Yawa languages.

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