The East Geelvink Bay, or East Cenderawasih, languages are a family of about a dozen Papuan languages spoken along the eastern coast of Geelvink Bay, also called Sarera Bay or Cenderawasih Bay, in Indonesian Papua. Its members include Turunggare, Barapasi, Bauzi, Demisa, Nisa-Anasi, Burate, Kofei, Sauri, Tefaro and Woria.
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RegionEastern coast of Geelvink Bay (Sarera Bay / Cenderawasih Bay), Indonesian Papua 2 Proto-Language StatusPartially reconstructed: Malcolm Ross (2005) reconstructed pronoun forms for Proto-East Geelvink Bay from comparative evidence. 2 Browse and compare
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1. Glottolog: Geelvink Bay - Glottolog
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The East Geelvink Bay or East Cenderawasih languages are a language family of a dozen Papuan languages along the eastern coast of Geelvink Bay in Indonesian Papua, which is also known as Sarera Bay or Cenderawasih.
Pronouns section
The pronouns Ross reconstructs for Proto-East Geelvink Bay are,
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