Korowai language

Korowai
Kolufaup
RegionBecking River, South Papua, Indonesia
EthnicityKorowai
Native speakers
3,500 (2007)[1]
Trans-New Guinea
Language codes
ISO 639-3khe
Glottologkoro1312
ELPKorowai

Korowai (Kolufaup) is a Trans-New-Guinean language spoken in South Papua, Indonesia. It is spoken by the Korowai people who live along the Becking River.

Notes

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

References

  • The Korowai of Irian Jaya: Their Language in Its Cultural Context (Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics, 9) by Gerrit J. Van Enk & Lourens de Vries (ISBN 0-19-510551-6).
  • Hughes, Jock. 2009. Upper Digul Survey. SIL International.