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Dani, Lower Grand Valley

A language of Indonesia (Papua)

ISO 639-3dni

Population  20,000 (1996 SIL).
Region  Central highlands, Baliem Grand Valley, and upper gorge.
Language map  Indonesia, Eastern Papua, reference number 71
Dialects  Lower Grand Valley Hitigima (Dani-Kurima, Kurima), Upper Bele, Lower Bele, Lower Kimbin (Kibin), Upper Pyramid.
Classification  Trans-New Guinea, West, Dani, Dani Proper
Language development  NT: 1988–1994.
Writing system  Latin script.
Comments  Agriculturalists. Traditional religion, Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

REESINK, Gerard P., author. 1994. "Domain-creating constructions in Papuan languages."