Gorap language

Gorap
Native toIndonesia
RegionNorthern and western regions of Halmahera Island (mainly)
EthnicityGorap people
Native speakers
(1,000 cited 1992)[1]
Malay-based creole
  • Eastern Indonesia Malay
    • Manadoic Malay
      • Gorap
Official status
Recognised minority
language in
Language codes
ISO 639-3goq
Glottologgora1261
ELP
Gorap language classified as Endangered by UNESCO in its Atlas of the World's Languages at Risk of Extinction.
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Gorap is a Malay-based creole language predominantly spoken by Gorap (Bobaneigo)[a] ethnic group, indigenous to western and northern regions of the Indonesian island of Halmahera.[3] It shares vocabulary with other Papuan languages and some of languages spoken in Sulawesi, such as Buginese and Cia-Cia. Roughly around 60 out of 200 attested words in this language were indicated sharing vocabulary with those languages.[4]

While the Gorap language is also well documented, the collection mostly contains stimulus-based recordings; namely from Pear Film and Man and Tree Spacegame, but also folklore. The collection is expected to grow gradually in the coming years, covering various genres of speaking events. Many recordings were transcribed in Gorap language and translated into English language and standard Indonesian.[5]

  1. ^ Gorap at Ethnologue (22nd ed., 2019) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Sudrajat, Adi (17 September 2022). "Mengungkap Keindahan Alam Kampung Nelayan Bobaneigo Halmahera Barat". www.kompasiana.com (in Indonesian). Kompasiana. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Bahasa Gorap". Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa (in Indonesian). Indonesia: Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia.
  4. ^ Sa'diyah, H. W. F. K. (2020). Sudaryanto (ed.). "Laporan Fonologi Bahasa Gorap". Metode dan Aneka Teknik. Kantor Bahasa Provinsi Maluku.
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