Gebe

GEI

threatened

Alternate Names: Gebi

Dialects: Umera. Lexical similarity: 44% with Patani ,.

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
South Halmahera-West New Guinea
West New Guinea
Cenderawasih Bay
Raja Ampat

Demographics: 2,650 (2000).

Language Use: Mining operations started in the area which led to more schooling of children and increasing use of Indonesian [ind] (Wurm 2007). All domains. Also use Indonesian [ind].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%.

Nation of Origin: Indonesia

Other Comments: A school in each village. Muslim.