Korowai
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A language of Indonesia
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Kolufaup
Population
3,500 (2007 P. de Vries). 3,000 monolinguals.
Location
Papua Province. Southeast inland area, northeast of Senggo town; between upper Sirac and Digul rivers.
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Language Status
6a (Vigorous).
Classification
Dialects
North Korowai, South Korowai. Dialects have high mutual intelligibility. Lexical similarity: 90% with dialects.
Language Use
Vigorous. All domains. All ages. Neutral to positive attitudes. Younger village speakers also use Indonesian [ind].
Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: Below 1% (2007 P. de Vries). Literacy rate in L2: Less than 1% in Indonesian (2007 P. de Vries). Grammar.
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Writing
Latin script [Latn].
Traditional religion.