Sobei
Biga; Imasi; Liki
Austronesian; Malayo-Polynesian; Oceanic; North New Guinea
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Irianese Malay, Indonesian
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2007
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Indonesia: Irian Jaya
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Spoken on the central north coast of Irian Jaya, at Ahus and at Sarmi, and in various dialectal forms on islands to the north of Sobei and Sarmi.
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Spoken on the central north coast of Irian Jaya, at Ahus and at Sarmi, and in various dialectal forms on islands to the north of Sobei and Sarmi.
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Irianese Malay, Indonesian
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The children are bilingual in Indonesian and tend to prefer it to Sobei. Intermarriage with members of other language groups is increasing, and Irianese Malay (Pasar Malay) is used with people from other language areas. Sobei speakers are beginning to shift to it.
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2010
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1850
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Speaker number data: (S. Wurm 2000). Ethnic population data: (D. Tryon 2000)
2009
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Papua, Sarmi Regency, Sarmi subdistrict, north coast area east of Sarm
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Papua, Sarmi Regency, Sarmi subdistrict, north coast area east of Sarm
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2005
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