Central Asmat language
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Papuan language of West New Guinea
Central Asmat | |
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Native to | Indonesia |
Region | Asmat Regency, South Papua |
Ethnicity | Asmat people |
Native speakers | (7,000 cited 1972)[1] 2,000 Yaosakor (1991), perhaps counted above |
Trans–New Guinea
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | cns – inclusive codeIndividual code: asy – Yaosakor Asmat |
Glottolog | cent2247 |
Central Asmat is a Papuan language of West New Guinea, spoken by the Asmat people.
Dialects
Central Asmat has a number of dialects, which are:[2]
- Keenok
- Sokoni
- Keenakap
- Kawenak (subdialects: Simai, Kainak, Mismam, Mecemup)
Yaosakor Asmat, assigned its own ISO code, is a variety of Central Asmat, not a distinct language.
References
- ^ Central Asmat at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Yaosakor Asmat at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - ^ Usher, Timothy; Suter, Edgar (2020). "The Asmat-Muli Languages of Southwestern New Guinea" (PDF). Language & Linguistics in Melanesia. 38. Port Moresby: Journal of the Linguistic Society of Papua New Guinea. ISSN 0023-1959.
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