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Korupun language

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Korupun
Sela
RegionPapua New Guinea
Native speakers
(8,000 cited 1996)[1]
Dialects
  • Korupun (Duram)
  • Dagi
  • Sisibna (Gobugdua)
  • Deibula
  • Sela
Language codes
ISO 639-3kpq
Glottologkoru1245  Korupun-Sela
kora1298  Korapun-Bromley

Korupun (Korapun) is a Papuan language of West Papua. Dialects are Korupun (Duram), Dagi, Sisibna (Gobugdua), Deibula, (Western) Sela. It is also known as Kimyal of Korupun; Kimyal is another name for Nalca.

According to Timothy Usher, the "Korupun" described by Bromley is a separate, though closely related, language.[2]

References

  1. ^ Korupun at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Glottolog was invoked but never defined (see the help page).