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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > Indonesia (Papua) > Awbono

Awbono

A language of Indonesia (Papua)

ISO 639-3awh

Population  100 (1999 SIL). 100% monolingual.
Region  Modera River, south of Kopkaka [opk] and northwest of Korowai [khe].
Language map  Indonesia, Eastern Papua, reference number 220
Alternate names   Kvolyab
Dialects  Not related to Ok, Asmat, Awyu-Dumut, Momuna [mqf], or highland languages like Dani or Mek. Lexical similarity: 55% with Bayono [byl].
Classification  Bayono-Awbono
Comments  Frequently at war with Kopkaka and Korowai. SOV. Agriculturalists; hunter-gatherers.