Korowai language

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Korowai
Kolufaup
RegionBecking River, Papua, Indonesia
EthnicityKorowai
Native speakers
3,500 (2007)[1]
Language family
Nuclear-Trans-New Guinea
  • Asmat-Awyu-Ok
    • Greater Awyu
      • Becking-Dawi
        • Korowai
Language codes
ISO 639-3khe
Glottologkoro1312
ELPKorowai

Korowai (Kolufaup) is a Nuclear-Trans-New-Guinean language spoken in the island of Papua, Indonesia. It is spoken by the Korowai people who live along the Becking River.

Notes[]

  1. ^ Korowai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

References[]

  • The Korowai of Irian Jaya: Their Language in Its Cultural Context (Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics, 9) by Gerrit J. Van Enk & Lourens de Vries (ISBN 0-19-510551-6).
  • Hughes, Jock. 2009. Upper Digul Survey. SIL International.
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