Keijar

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A language of Indonesia

User Population

370 (2005 SIL).

Location

Papua province: Pacific coast east, north of Tor river mouth.

Language Status

8a (Moribund).

Dialects

None known. Lexical similarity: 45% with Berik [bkl].

Language Use

Endangered (2000 S. Wurm). Older adults only. Young people seldom speak the language. Shifted to Indonesian [ind]. Also use Anus [auq].

Other Comments

Christian, traditional religion.