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Kamoro Region Middle south coast of Western New Guinea Native speakers
(8,000 cited 1987)[1] Language family
ISO 639-3 kgq
Glottolog kamo1255
The Kamoro language is an Asmat–Kamoro language spoken in New Guinea by approximately 8,000 people. Dialect diversity is notable, and Kamoro should perhaps not be considered a single language.[2]
Varieties [ ]
'Dialects' are as follows.[2]
Yamur (far west around Yamur Lake and Etna Bay )
Western (Japakòparè, Kéàkwa and Umari Rivers, 450 speakers in 1953)
Tarjà (Opa River, 500 speakers in 1953)
Middle (Wàkia river to the upper Mimika River , 4,300 speakers in 1953)
Kàmora (Kàmora River, 400 speakers in 1953)
Wània (Wània River 1,300 speakers in 1953)
Mukumùga (Mukumùga river, 800 speakers in 1953)
References [ ]
Bibliography [ ]
Moseley, Christopher and R. E. Asher, ed. Atlas of the World's Languages (New York: Routledge, 1994) p. 110
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