Kowiai

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A language of Indonesia

ISO 639-3
kwh
Alternate Names
Adi, Aiduma, Kaiwai, Kajumerah, Kayumerah, Koiwai, Kuiwai, Namatota, Namatote
User Population

600 (2000 SIL).

Location

West Papua province: Kaimana regency, Adijaya, Kayumerah, Keroi, and Namatota villages; Bomberai peninsula, Kamrau bay area, Kaimana, Namatote, and Adi islands, smaller islands in bay.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, South Bomberai
Dialects

Keroi, Adijaya, Namatota.

Language Use

Potentially endangered (2000 S. Wurm) but also not endangered. Some young people, all adults. Positive attitudes. Also use Indonesian [ind]. Also use Papuan Malay [pmy]. Used as L2 by Mairasi [zrs].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Kowiai
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Muslim.