Ansus

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A language of Indonesia

User Population

4,600 (1987 SIL).

Papua province: Yapen Waropen regency, Yapen Barat sub-district, Aibondeni, Ansus, Kairawi, and Yenusi villages on Yapen island south coast.

Language Maps

Indonesia, Eastern Papua

Language Status

6b* (Threatened).

Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, South Halmahera-West New Guinea, West New Guinea, Cenderawasih Bay, Yapen, Central-Western

None known. Lexical similarity: 82% with Marau [mvr] and Papuma [ppm], 77% with Wandamen [wad].

Used as L2 by Awera [awr], Papuma [ppm].

Language Resources

OLAC resources in and about Ansus

Unwritten [Qaax].

Christian, traditional religion.