Ambai people
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Ampari | |
|---|---|
 The Afaitaneng dance (id) from Menawi village and Ambai village | |
| Total population | |
| 7,500 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Indonesia (Yapen Islands Regency) | |
| Languages | |
| Ambai, Indonesian | |
| Religion | |
| Protestant Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Yapen peoples (Yawa Unat, Busami, Arui Sai, Berbai, Pombawo, Wondau–Wondei–Wonawa) |
The Ambai people (Ambai: Ampari) are an ethnic subgroup of the Yapen people who inhabit the eastern coast of Yapen Island in Yapen Islands Regency, Papua Province, Indonesia. Their settlements also include the Ambai Archipelago, Nusawani, Angkaisera, Ampimoi Bay, and the western coast of East Yapen District.
The Ambai population is estimated to be around 7,500 people living in ten villages.[1] These villages are Ambai, Rondepi, Adiwipi, Randawaipi, Menawi, Wadapi-Laut, Randaways, Wari-roni, Sumberbaba, Nunsembai, and Dawai.[1]
The Ambai have long interacted with outside communities, evident from their early adoption of rice-field agriculture and their participation in regional trade networks, especially the exchange of Kain Timur.[1] Ambai migrants can now also be found in areas outside the Yapen Islands such as Waropen, Jayapura, Nabire, Wasior, Biak, Sorong, and Manokwari.[2]
