Kamoro language
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AsmatâKamoro language spoken in New Guinea
| Kamoro | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Mimika Regency, Central Papua |
Native speakers | (8,000 cited 1987)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kgq |
| Glottolog | kamo1255 |
The Kamoro language is an AsmatâKamoro language spoken in Western New Guinea, specifically in Mimika Regency, Central Papua by Kamoro people, approximately 8,000 persons. Dialect diversity is notable, and Kamoro should perhaps not be considered a single language.[2]
Varieties
[edit]'Dialects' are as follows.[2]
- Yamur (far west around Yamur Lake and Etna Bay)
- Western (JapakĂČparĂš, KĂ©Ă kwa and Umari Rivers, 450 speakers in 1953)
- TarjĂ (Opa River, 500 speakers in 1953)
- Middle (WĂ kia river to the upper Mimika River, 4,300 speakers in 1953)
- KĂ mora (KĂ mora River, 400 speakers in 1953)
- WĂ nia (WĂ nia River 1,300 speakers in 1953)
- MukumĂčga (MukumĂčga river, 800 speakers in 1953)
References
[edit]- â Kamoro at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- 1 2 New Guinea World, Kamoro
Bibliography
[edit]- Moseley, Christopher and R. E. Asher, ed. Atlas of the World's Languages (New York: Routledge, 1994) p. 110
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