Wolani language

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Wolani
Native toIndonesia
RegionPapua
EthnicityWolani
Native speakers
(5,000 cited 1992)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3wod
Glottologwola1243
view of Moanamani, Papua

Wolani (Wodani) is a Papuan language spoken by about 5,000 people in the Paniai lakes region of the Indonesian province of Papua. It is related to the Moni, Ekari, Auye, and Dao languages and may be related to the Dani languages. Documentation is quite limited.

External links

References

  1. ^ Wolani at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  • Doble, Marion. 1962. Essays on Kapauku grammar.. Nieuw Guinea Studiën 6.152-5, 211-8, 279-98.
  • Drabbe, Peter. 1952. Spraakkunst van het Ekagi, Wisselmeren, Nederlands Nieuw Guinea. Den Haag: Martinus Nijhoff.

See also


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