Sauri language

Sauri is a Papuan language of the Indonesian province of Papua, on the eastern shore of Cenderawasih Bay. It is spoken in Sauri-Sirami village, Masirei District, Waropen Regency.[3]

Sauri
Native toIndonesia
RegionSauri-Sirami village, Masirei District, Waropen Regency, Papua
Native speakers
(100 cited 1987)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3srt
Glottologsaur1251
ELPSauri[2]

Sauri is lexically similar to the East Geelvink Bay languages and presumably belongs in that family, but is too poorly attested to be sure.

References

  1. Sauri at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Endangered Languages Project data for Sauri.
  3. Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Indonesia languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
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