Karawa

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639: xrw
Alternate Names: Bulawa
Population: 63 (2003 SIL), decreasing. No monolinguals (2007 SIL). Ethnic population: 130 (2000 census).
Location:: Sandaun province: Lumi district, Pulwa village.
Language Status: 8b (Nearly extinct).
Classification: Sepik, Ram
Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 67% with Pouye [bye].
Language Use: Pouye [bye] speakers consider Karawa [xrw] part of their language. Elderly only. Shifted to Pouye [bye]. Also use Tok Pisin [tpi].

Location: Sandaun province: Lumi district, Pulwa village.