Kwerisa language

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Kwerisa
Taogwe
Native toIndonesia
RegionNew Guinea
Ethnicityspoken by 20–30% (2000?)[1]
Native speakers
15 to 50 (2000)[1]
Language family
Lakes Plain
  • Central
    • Kwerisa
Language codes
ISO 639-3kkb
Glottologkwer1264
ELPKwerisa

Kwerisa, or Taogwe, is a nearly extinct Lakes Plain language of Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Most of the Kwerisa people have shifted to Kaiy, which is closely related.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Kwerisa at Ethnologue (15th ed., 2005)
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