Ambel language

Waigeo
Waigeo
Ambel
Native to	Indonesia
Native speakers	(300 cited 1978)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Nuclear MP (Central–Eastern) Halmahera–Cenderawasih Halmahera Sea Ambel–Biga Waigeo; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	wgo
Glottolog	waig1244

Waigeo, also known as Ambel (Amber), is a heavily Papuan-influenced Austronesian language spoken in West Papua on the island of Waigeo, Raja Ampat islands.

Phonology

Sounds of the Ambel language:^[2]

Consonant sounds
	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Plosive	p b	t d		k g
Fricative	ɸ	s
Nasal	m	n
Rhotic		r
Lateral		l
Glide			j	w

^ Waigeo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Arnold, Laura (2016). Lexical tone in Ambel. Paper presented at the 8th Austronesian and Papuan Languages and Linguistics Conference.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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