Ambai language

Ambai
Native toIndonesia
RegionAmbai Islands
Native speakers
(10,100 cited 2000)
Language codes
ISO 639-3amk
Glottologamba1265

The Ambai language is an Austronesian language spoken in Indonesian New Guinea (Papua Province), mostly on the Ambai Islands as well as the southern part of Yapen Island. The number of speakers is estimated to be 10,000. Dialects are Randawaya, Ambai (Wadapi-Laut), and Manawi.