Kayupulau or Kayo Pulau is a nearly extinct

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spoken mainly by adults in

Jayapura Jayapura (formerly Hollandia (1910-1962), Kota Baru (1962-1963), Soekarnopura (1963-1968)) is the capital city, capital and List of Indonesian cities by population, largest city of the Indonesian Provinces of Indonesia, province of Papua (provi ...

Harbor in Papua province,

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. By 2007, it was used by less than a tenth of the ethnic population.

References

Sarmi–Jayapura languages Languages of Western New Guinea Jayapura Papua (province) culture Endangered Austronesian languages {{SarmiJayapura-lang-stub