Anus

AUQ

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Alternate Names: Koroernoes, Korur

Dialects: None known. Reportedly similar to Podena ,.

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Western Oceanic
North New Guinea
Sarmi-Jayapura Bay
Sarmi

Demographics: 320 (2005 SIL).

Language Use: Endangered (2000 S. Wurm). Influence from Kwesten [kwt] on the opposite coast and from Indonesian [ind] (Wurm 2007). Most domains. Used as L2 by Fedan [pdn], Keijar [kdy].

Nation of Origin: Indonesia

Other Comments: Anus and Fedan , may be the same language. Christian, traditional religion.