Yeretuar, also called Umar or Goni, is an
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian language in its putative
Cenderawasih languages
The Cenderawasih languages, also known as Nuclear Cenderawasih Bay languages and approximately synonymous with West New Guinea languages, are a branch of Austronesian languages of Indonesia, found in the islands and shoreline of Cenderawasih B ...
branch, originating from
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 ...
(Geelvink Bay) in
West Papua Province
West Papua (), formerly Irian Jaya Barat (West Irian), is an Indonesian Provinces of Indonesia, province located in Indonesia Western New Guinea, Papua. It covers most of the two western peninsulas of the island of New Guinea: the eastern half ...
of
Western New Guinea
Western New Guinea, also known as Papua, Indonesian New Guinea, and Indonesian Papua, is the western half of the island of New Guinea, formerly Dutch and granted to Indonesia in 1962. Given the island is alternatively named Papua, the region ...
, northeastern
Indonesia
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.
References
* Kamholz, David
Umar dictionary
South Halmahera–West New Guinea languages
Languages of Western New Guinea
Cenderawasih Bay
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