Woi

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A language of Indonesia

Alternate Names

Wo’oi

User Population

1,800 (2012 Y. Sawaki).

Papua province: west Yapen island, Wooi and Wainap villages.

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: 77% with Pom [pmo], Marau [mvr], and Ansus [and].

Some young people, all adults.

Language Resources

OLAC resources in and about Woi

Christian.