Kowiai

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A language of Indonesia

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

600 (2000 SIL).

Location

West Papua Province, Keroi, Adijaya, Namatota, and Kayumerah villages. Bomberai peninsula, southwest coast; 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

Adijaya, Keroi, Namatota.

Language Use

Potentially endangered (2000 S. Wurm) but also not endangered. Positive attitudes. Proficiency in Indonesian [ind] and Malay [pmy] is significant and growing.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Kowiai
Writing
Latin script.
Other Comments

Muslim, Christian.