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| states = [[Indonesia]]
| region = [[North Halmahera Regency|Northern]] and [[West Halmahera Regency|western]] regions of Halmahera Island (mainly)
| ethnicity = Gorap peopleBobaneigo
| speakers= 1,000
| date= 1992
| familycolor= Creole
| fam1= [[Malay-based creole]]
| fam2= [[North Moluccan Malay]]
| iso3= goq
| glotto= gora1261
}}
'''Gorap''' is a [[Malay-basedcreole language|creole]] of [[Malay language|Malay]] predominantly spoken by GorapBobaneigo peopleethnic (''Bobaneigo'')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>
== 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]]regencial region and also in the East Jailolo district in the [[West Halmahera Regency]]regencial region.<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 10 villageshamlets in the northern ofNorthern Halmahera island which from population surveys is inhabited by the Gorap ethnic group as much as 87.68%, Makian 1.29%, Galela 1.37%, Ternate and [[Tidore people|Tidore]] 0.60%,
[[Tobelo people|Tobelo]] 0.55%, [[Sangirese people|Sangir]]Sanger 6.67%, [[Bugis]] 1.24%, [[Javanese people|Javanese]]Java 0.77%, and Maba as much as 1.03%.<ref name="BH"/><ref name="PB"/>
== Classification ==
Gorap is classified as a creole language of [[East Indonesian Malay]]. It is creolized because it is used as the [[lingua franca]] of the people in the area where other languages in the [[Austronesian languages|Austronesian]] and [[Papuan languages|Papuan]] family are spoken, so most of its vocabulary is influenced by the surrounding languages.<ref name="BH"/> Malay and other Sulawesi languages indicated to be spoken in the Halmahera itself is thought to have spread through trader from the Sulawesi region who traded using the language.<ref name="PB"/> {{citation needed span |text=According to ''[[Glottolog|Glottolog 5.0]]'', the Gorap language along with [[Manado Malay]] and [[North Moluccan Malay]] are grouped into its own sub-branch of EasternEast Indonesian Malay creole languages, the Manadoic branch. |date=February 2024}}
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