Gebe

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A language of Indonesia

ISO 639-3
gei
Alternate Names
Gebi, Minyafuin
User Population

2,650 (2000).

Location

North Maluku province: Gag, Gebe, and Yoi’umiya islands, 4 villages; Special Region of West Papua province: Halmahera island.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, South Halmahera-West New Guinea, West New Guinea, Cenderawasih Bay, Raja Ampat
Dialects

Umera. Lexical similarity: 44% with Patani [ptn].

Language Use

Mining operations started in the area which led to more schooling of children and increasing use of Indonesian [ind] (Wurm 2007). All domains. Some young people, all adults. Also use Indonesian [ind].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Gebe
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].

Other Comments

A school in each village. Muslim.