Woi (Wooi) is a
Malayo-Polynesian language
The Malayo-Polynesian languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages, with approximately 385.5 million speakers. The Malayo-Polynesian languages are spoken by the Austronesian peoples outside of Taiwan, in the island nations of Southeast ...
of
Papua,
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...
mainly spoken in the villages of Wooi and Woinap on
Yapen Island
Yapen (also Japen, Jobi) is an island of Papua (province), Papua, Indonesia. The Yapen Strait separates Yapen and the Biak Islands to the north. It is in Cenderawasih Bay off the north-western coast of the island of New Guinea. To the west is ...
and the village of Yenuari on
Moisnum Island.
References
Further reading
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External links
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Paradisec has an open access collection from
Emily Gasser that include
Woi language materials
South Halmahera–West New Guinea languages
Languages of Western New Guinea
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