Foau

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A language of Indonesia

Alternate Names

Abawiri, Doa, Fuau

User Population

350 (2010 SIL), increasing.

Papua province: Jayapura and Mamberamo Raya regencies, Kecamatan sub-district, 1 village; Mamberamo basin region on Dijai river.

Language Maps

Indonesia, Eastern Papua

Indonesia, Papua enlargement

Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Lakes Plain, East

None known. Lexical similarity: 35%–49% with Diebroud [tbp].

Tonal.

The people want to retain and strengthen their own identity. Home, community, most domains. Used by all. Positive attitudes. Some also use Diebroud [tbp], passively especially by those over age 35. Also use Indonesian [ind], in school. Used as L2 by Abinomn [bsa], Airoran [air], Diebroud [tbp].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 20% in Indonesian [ind]. Texts.

Language Resources

OLAC resources in and about Foau

Unwritten [Qaax].

Christian, traditional religion.