'''Gorap''' is a [[creoleMalay-based language|creole]] of [[Malay language|Malay]] predominantly spoken by Bobaneigo ethnic grouppeople, 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 dan Aneka Teknik}}</ref>
