Yeretuar language

Yeretuar
Umar, Goni
kra umari
Native to	Indonesia
Region	West Papua
Native speakers	(350 cited 2000)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian Eastern Malayo-Polynesian South Halmahera–West New Guinea Cenderawasih Bay Southwestern Yeretuar
Language codes
ISO 639-3	gop
Glottolog	yere1243
Yeretuar
Coordinates: 3°01′S 134°40′E / 3.02°S 134.66°E / -3.02; 134.66

Yeretuar, also called Umar or Goni, is an Eastern Malayo-Polynesian language in its putative Cenderawasih languages branch, originating from Cenderawasih Bay (Geelvink Bay) in West Papua Province of Western New Guinea, northeastern Indonesia.

References

1. Yeretuar at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

• Kamholz, David. Umar dictionary