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Kovai language

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Kovai
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionUmboi Island, Morobe Province
Native speakers
6,000 (2011)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3kqb
Glottologkova1243

Kovai (Kobai, Kowai) is a Papuan language spoken on Umboi Island, halfway between mainland Papua New Guinea and the island of New Britain, and mostly within the caldera of that volcanic island.

References

  1. ^ Kovai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)