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'''Gorap''' is a [[Malay trade and creole languages|Malay-based creole]] language predominantly spoken by Gorap (''Bobaneigo''){{efn|Bobaneigo is actually the name of a village where the Gorap language is spoken, this overlaps greatly with the ethnic name itself which is actually simply referred to as "Gorap".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kompasiana.com/arisudrajat/632534e208a8b557ff7acf93/mengungkap-keindahan-alam-kampung-nelayan-bobaneigo-halmahera-barat|website=www.kompasiana.com|title=Mengungkap Keindahan Alam Kampung Nelayan Bobaneigo Halmahera Barat|language=id|access-date=7 July 2024|date=17 September 2022|first=Adi|last=Sudrajat|publisher=Kompasiana}}</ref>}} ethnic group, indigenous to [[West Halmahera Regency|western]] and [[North Halmahera Regency|northern]] regions of the Indonesian island of [[Halmahera Island|Halmahera]].<ref name="PB">{{cite web |title=Bahasa Gorap |language= id |trans-title= |url= https://petabahasa.kemdikbud.go.id/infobahasa2.php?idb=779&idp=Maluku%20Utara |work=Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa |publisher= Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia |___location= Indonesia}}</ref> It shares vocabulary with other [[Papuan languages]] and some of languages spoken in Sulawesi, such as [[Buginese language|Buginese]] and [[Cia-Cia language|Cia-Cia]]. Roughly around 60 out of 200 attested words in this language were indicated sharing vocabulary with those languages.<ref name="BH">{{cite journal|url=http://sinarbahtera.kemdikbud.go.id/index.php/SB/article/download/99/33/114|author=Sa'diyah, H. W. F. K.|date=2020|title=Laporan Fonologi Bahasa Gorap|publisher=Kantor Bahasa Provinsi Maluku|editor=Sudaryanto|journal=Metode danDan Aneka Teknik|access-date=2024-02-11|archive-date=2024-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240203182731/https://sinarbahtera.kemdikbud.go.id/index.php/SB/article/download/99/33/114|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 
While the Gorap language is also well documented, the collection mostly contains stimulus-based recordings; namely from ''Pear Film'' and ''Man and Tree Spacegame'', but also folklore. The collection is expected to grow gradually in the coming years, covering various genres of speaking events. Many recordings were transcribed in Gorap language and translated into [[English language]] and [[Indonesian language|standard Indonesian]].<ref name="ch"/>
 
== Distribution ==
Gorap language is spoken natively on the Indonesian island of Halmahera, specifically in the Kao Teluk district which is administratively part of the [[North Halmahera Regency]] and also in the East Jailolo district in the [[West Halmahera Regency]].<ref name="PB"/> This language is also spoken by its diasporic community, especially those who lives on the island of [[Morotai]] (especially South Morotai) and also on the island of [[Sulawesi]] (especially Southeast Sulawesi).
 
This language is spoken in 11 villages in the northern part of Halmahera island and southern part of Morotai island, which from population surveys is inhabited by the Gorap ethnic group as much as 87.68%, Makian 1.29%, Galela 1.37%, Ternate 0.60%, [[Tobelo people|Tobelo]] 0.55%, [[Sangir people|Sangir]] 6.67%, [[Bugis people|Bugis]] 1.24%, [[Javanese people|Javanese]] 0.77%, and Maba as much as 1.03%.<ref name="PB"/><ref name="BH"/> The Gorap speaking villages are Bobaneigo, Nusa Ambu, Sondo-Sondo, Nusa Jaya, Talaga Jaya, Ekor, Saramaake in Halmahera island; Daruba, Galo-Galo, Waringin, Pilowo in Morotai island.<ref name="ch">{{cite web|url=https://eldp.access.preservica.com/dk0710/|title=A documentation of Gorap|language=en|access-date=7 July 2024|first=Christoph|last=Bracks|publisher=[[Goethe University Frankfurt|University of Frankfurt]]|___location=[[Frankfurt]], Germany}}</ref>
 
== Classification ==