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Eritai language

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Eritai
Baburiwa
Aliki
Native toIndonesia
RegionErai village in East Central Mambermano District, Mamberamo Raya Regency, Papua
Native speakers
530 (2000)[1]
Lakes Plain
  • Central
    • Obokuitai–Eritai
      • Eritai
Language codes
ISO 639-3ert
Glottologerit1239

Eritai (Eri), or Baburiwa, is a Lakes Plain language of Irian Jaya, Indonesia. It is named after Erai village in East Central Mambermano District, Mamberamo Raya Regency.

It is spoken in Erai, Haya, and Kustera villages.[2]

Sikaritai, Obokuitai, and Eritai constitute a dialect cluster.

References

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  1. ^ Eritai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Indonesia languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.