APPENDIX C 



NOTES ON LANGUAGES IN THE EAST OF 

 NETHERLANDS NEW GUINEA 



By SIDNEY H. RAY, M.A. 



I. INTRODUCTION 



In considering the languages of Netherlands New Guinea 

 it is convenient to divide the territory into six geographical 

 divisions. These are : — 



1. The North-western Coast and Islands (Waigiu, 



Salawati, and Misol). 



2. The Western shore of Gaelvink Bay and the islands 



adjacent (Mefor, Biak, and J obi). 



3. The Peninsula of Kumava (Orange Nassau) with 



the islands between Ceram and the Ke group. 



4. The Southern and Eastern Shores of Geelvink 



Bay. 



5. The North Coast from Kurudu Islands to Hum- 



boldt Bay. 



6. The South-eastern Coast from Kamrau Inlet to 



the Bensbach River on the boundary between 

 Netherlands and British territory. 

 The present notice only refers to languages in the 

 three last of these divisions. 



At the Western end of the South shore of Geelvink 

 Bay is the district of Wandammen, of which the language 

 is fairly well known. For this we have a vocabulary 

 with grammatical examples (9),* and also for Windessi, 



* The numerals in brackets refer to the list of authorities prefixed to the 

 comparative vocabulary. 



