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Marau language

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Marau
Native toIndonesia
RegionSouth coast of Serui Island,
Ambai Islands group
Native speakers
(1,700 cited 1987)[1]
Dialects
Language codes
ISO 639-3mvr
Glottologmara1397

Marau is an Eastern Malayo-Polynesian language spoken on the south coast of Serui Island of the Ambai Islands group in Cenderawasih Bay, within Papua Province of Western New Guinea, northeastern Indonesia.

References

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  1. ^ Marau at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Also rendered "Warembori"; distinguish from the Warembori language