| region = [[North Halmahera Regency|Northern]] and [[West Halmahera Regency|western]] regions of Halmahera Island (mainly)
| ethnicity = BobaneigoGorap people
| speakers = 1,000
| date = 1992
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'''Gorap''' is a [[Malay trade and creole languagelanguages|Malay-based creole]] language predominantly spoken by Gorap (''Bobaneigo''){{efn|Bobaneigo is actually the name of [[Malaya village where the Gorap language|Malay]]predominantlyis spoken, bythis 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 dan Aneka Teknik}}</ref>
