Gorap language

Gorap
Gorapic Gorapish Gorapese Gorapian Gorrap
Gorap
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Northern and western regions of Halmahera Island (mainly)
Ethnicity	Bobaneigo
Native speakers	(1,000 speakers, only in Morotai Island cited 1992)
Language family	West Papuan Halmahera-Cenderawasih Northern Halmahera Gorap
Standard forms	Standard Gorap
Writing system	Latin (main)
Official status
Recognised minority language in	Indonesia North Maluku
Regulated by	Badan Pengembangan Bahasa dan Perbukuan (lit. 'National Language and Fostering Agency of the Republic of Indonesia') North Maluku Linguistic Center
Language codes
ISO 639-3	goq
Glottolog	gora1261
ELP	Gorap Gorap
Gorap language classified as Endangered by UNESCO in its Atlas of the World's Languages at Risk of Extinction
Gorap
Coordinates: 0°51′53.9388″N 127°40′5.2212″E

Gorap is a Northern Halmahera language of West Papuan family, natively spoken by the Bobaneigo ethnic group, indigenous to western and northern regions of the Indonesian island of Halmahera.

It is a mixed language, with vocabulary from the Ternate and Malay languages and a high level of lexical similarity to Indonesian, but its word order rules are distinct and mutual comprehension is limited.

Distribution

The Gorap language is spoken natively on the Indonesian island of Halmahera, specifically in the Kao Teluk district which is administratively part of the North Halmahera regencial region and also in the East Jailolo district in the West Halmahera regencial region. This language is also spoken by its diasporic community, especially those who lives on the island of Morotai (especially South Morotai) and also on the island of Sulawesi (especially Southeast Sulawesi).

Classification

Gorap is a mixed language with vocabulary from Ternate and Malay, and word order rules that are distinct from other Austronesian or North Halmahera languages. Its lexical similarity to Indonesian is 85%, but mutual comprehension is limited.