Wamesa language

Wamesa
Wamesa
Wandamen
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Cenderawasih Bay
Ethnicity	Wamesa
Native speakers	(5,000 cited 1993)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian Eastern Malayo-Polynesian South Halmahera–West New Guinea Yapen Central–Western Wamesa; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Windesi, Bintuni, Wandamen;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	wad
Glottolog	wand1267
	Wamesa Wamesa
	Coordinates: 2.26°S 134.00°E

Wamesa is an Austronesian language of Indonesian New Guinea, spoken across the neck of the Doberai Peninsula or Bird's Head. There are currently 5,000–8,000 speakers. While it was historically used as a lingua franca, it is currently considered an under-documented, endangered language. This means that fewer and fewer children have an active command of Wamesa. Instead, Papuan Malay has become increasingly dominant in the area.

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