Yeresiam

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A language of Indonesia

Alternate Names

Beduba, Iresim

User Population

70 (Wurm 2000).

Papua province: Nabire regency, south Cenderawasih bay, Yamur lake area; West Papua province: Kaimana regency.

Language Maps

Indonesia, Eastern Papua

Indonesia, Northwestern Papua

Language Status

7 (Shifting).

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

Shifting to Indonesian [ind] (Wurm 2007).

Language Development

Texts.

Language Resources

OLAC resources in and about Yeresiam

Unwritten [Qaax].

Traditional religion, Christian.