Wamesa language

Wamesa
Wandamen
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Cenderawasih Bay
Ethnicity	Wamesa
Native speakers	(5,000 cited 1993)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian Eastern Malayo-Polynesian South Halmahera–West New Guinea Yapen Central–Western Wamesa
Dialects	Windesi, Bintuni, Wandamen
Language codes
ISO 639-3	wad
Glottolog	wand1267
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Coordinates: 2°16′S 134°00′E / 2.26°S 134.00°E / -2.26; 134.00

Wamesa is an Austronesian language of Indonesian New Guinea, spoken across the neck of the Doberai Peninsula or Bird's Head. There are currently 5,000–8,000 speakers.^{[citation needed]} While it was historically used as a lingua franca, it is currently considered an under-documented, endangered language. This means that fewer and fewer children have an active command of Wamesa. Instead, Papuan Malay has become increasingly dominant in the area.