Asmat languages

Asmat
Asmat
Native to	Indonesia
Region	West Papua
Ethnicity	Asmat people
Native speakers	(19,290 cited 1991)
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Asmat–Kamoro Asmat–Citak Asmat; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously:; asc – Casuarina Coast; cns – Central; nks – North; asy – Yaosakor; tml – Tamnim Citak
Glottolog	asma1257

Asmat is a Papuan dialect cluster of West New Guinea.

The principal dialects, distinct enough to be considered separate languages, are:

Casuarina Coast, also known as Kaweinag (subdialects Matia and Sapan~Safan)
Central, also known as Jas~Yas or Manowee (subdialects Simai~Simay, Misman, Ajam~Ayam)
North (Momogo-Pupis-Irogo), also known as Keenok
Yaosakor

Some of these may be closer to the other Asmat ethniticy, Citak, than they are to each other, but their speakers identify themselves as Asmat. Similarly, Tamnim Citak is closer to Asmat than to Citak, but the people identify themselves as Citak.

References

^ Casuarina Coast at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Central at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
North at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Yaosakor at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Tamnim Citak at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

External links

PARADISEC archive of Asmat language recordings

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[e18-1] Casuarina Coast at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Central at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
North at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Yaosakor at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Tamnim Citak at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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