Sobei language

Sobei
Sobei
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Papua
Ethnicity	1,850 (2000)
Native speakers	1,000 (2007)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Oceanic North New Guinea Sarmi – Jayapura Bay Sarmi Sobei; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	sob
Glottolog	sobe1238
ELP	Sobei

Sobei is one of the Sarmi languages spoken in three villages (Sarmi, Sawar, and Bagaiserwar) near the district center of Sarmi in Papua province of Indonesia. Ethnologue (2005) cites two third-party population estimates of 1,000 and 1,850, while Sterner estimates the population at 1,500 (1975) and 2,000 (1987), based on actual residence in the area.

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