Ambai language

Ambai
Ambai
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Ambai Islands
Ethnicity	Ambai
Native speakers	(10,100 cited 2000)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian Eastern Malayo-Polynesian South Halmahera–West New Guinea Cenderawasih Bay Yapen Central–Western Ambai; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	amk
Glottolog	amba1265

The Ambai or Ampari is an Austronesian language spoken by the Ambai people 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.