Kurudu is an
Eastern Yapen language of the
Malayo-Polynesian languages
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, in
Papua Province
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of
Western New Guinea
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, northeastern
Indonesia
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.
It is spoken by the people in Kurudu Island, located in
Cenderawasih Bay
Cenderawasih Bay (, "Bird of Paradise Bay"), also known as Sarera Bay () and formerly Geelvink Bay (), is a large bay in northern Province of Papua, Central Papua and West Papua, New Guinea, Indonesia.
Geography
''Cenderawasih Bay'' is a lar ...
between Serui Island of the
Yapen Islands
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, and the
New Guinea
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mainland.
References
South Halmahera–West New Guinea languages
Languages of Western New Guinea
Cenderawasih Bay
Papua (province) culture
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