Burate language
Burate is a Papuan language of the Indonesian province of Papua, on the eastern shore of Cenderawasih Bay. The specific areas that the Burate language is spoken in include the Papua Provence, the Wapoga river mouth, one village of the Waropen Bawah subdistrict, and the Yapen Waropen regency.[3]
| Burate | |
|---|---|
| Region | Indonesian Papua |
Native speakers | 100 (2000)[1] |
East Geelvink Bay?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bti |
| Glottolog | bura1276 |
| ELP | Burate[2] |
Burate is lexically similar to the East Geelvink Bay languages and presumably belongs in that family, but is too poorly attested to be sure.
References
- Burate at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Endangered Languages Project data for Burate.
- "Where on earth do they speak Burate?". www.verbix.com. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
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