Kwoma

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A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3
kmo
Alternate Names
Kuome, Washkuk
User Population

4,000 (Lambert-Brétière 2018). 800 monolinguals (Lambert-Brétière 2018).

Location

East Sepik province: Ambunti district, Sepik and Sanchi river areas. 12 villages.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification
Sepik, Nukuma
Dialects

Kwoma (Washkuk), Nukuma.

Language Use

Used by all. Most also use Tok Pisin [tpi], especially young people (Lambert-Brétière 2018). Also use Yalaku [ylg] (Aikhenvald 2018). Used as L2 by Yalaku [ylg].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%. No known use of vernacular literature. Dictionary. NT: 1975.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Kwoma
Writing

Latin script [Latn].