Warembori
A language of Indonesia (Papua)
| Population | 600 (1998 SIL). |
| Region | North coast, Mamberamo River mouth and west to Poiwai, Warembori, Tamakuri, Bonoi villages. |
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Indonesia, Eastern Papua, reference number 111 |
| Alternate names | Waremboivoro, Warenbori |
| Dialects | Bonoi Buroro. Similar to Yoke [yki]. Lexical similarity: 33% with Yoke and 30% with Austronesian. |
| Classification | Lower Mamberamo |
| Language use | About 20 people use it as an L2 or L3. Home. Mainly adults. Also use Papuan Malay [pmy], Indonesian [ind], or Yoke. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 30% in Indonesian. Dictionary. Grammar. |
| Comments | Typology resembles Austronesian: SVO; prepositions; genitives before noun heads; articles, adjectives, numerals, relatives after noun heads; 1 prefix, 6 or more suffixes on a word; word order distinguishes subject, object, indirect object; topic (SVO) is for pragmatic salience; affixes do not indicate case of noun phrase; obligatory subject agreement, optional object agreement shown by verb affixes; the scope of a serialized quantifier shows a trace of ergativity; causative shown by verbs make and give; CV; nontonal. Swidden agriculturalists; hunters; fishermen: crabbing. Traditional religion, Christian. |
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