Wauyai

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A language of Indonesia

ISO 639-3
wuy
User Population

300 (Remijsen 2001).

Location

West Papua province: Raja Ampat regency, Wauyai village on southeast coast.

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Language Status

7 (Shifting).

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

Dormant on Friwen Island (the original village), vigorous in the one village on the bay (2012 Y. Sawaki). Shifting to Papuan Malay [pmy].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Wauyai
Other Comments

Christian, traditional religion.