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KWH ISO 639-3

Kowiai

A language of Indonesia

ISO 639
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Alternate Names
Adi, Aiduma, Kaiwai, Kajumerah, Kayumerah, Koiwai, Kuiwai, Namatota, Namatote
Population
600 (2000 SIL).
Location:
West Papua province: Kaimana regency, Adijaya, Kayumerah, Keroi, and Namatota villages; Bomberai peninsula, Kamrau bay area, Kaimana, Namatote, and Adi islands, smaller islands in bay.
Language Status
6b (Threatened).
Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, South Bomberai
Dialects
Keroi, Adijaya, Namatota.
Language Use
Potentially endangered (2000 S. Wurm) but also not endangered. Some young people, all adults. Positive attitudes. Also use Indonesian [ind]. Also use Papuan Malay [pmy]. Used as L2 by Mairasi [zrs].
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Kowiai
Writing
Latin script [Latn].
Other Comments
Muslim.

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Location: West Papua province: Kaimana regency, Adijaya, Kayumerah, Keroi, and Namatota villages; Bomberai peninsula, Kamrau bay area, Kaimana, Namatote, and Adi islands, smaller islands in bay.