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Abun

A language of Indonesia (Papua)

ISO 639-3: kgr

Population	3,000 (1995 SIL).
Region	Sorong Regency; Ayamaru, Sausapor, Moraid subdistricts; North coast and interior of central Bird’s Head, north and south of Tamberau ranges. About 20 villages.
Language map	Indonesia, Northwestern Papua, reference number 17
Alternate names	A Nden, Karon, Manif, Yimbun
Dialects	Abun Tat (Karon Pantai), Abun Ji (Madik), Abun Je.
Classification	Language isolate
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 5%–15%. NT: 2004.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Christian, traditional religion.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

BERRY, Christine, author. 1998. "The art of the storyteller in Abun society."

BERRY, Christine; BERRY, Keith, authors. 1987. A survey of some West Papuan phylum languages.

BERRY, Christine; BERRY, Keith, authors. 1999. A description of Abun: a west Papuan language of Irian Jaya.

BERRY, Christine; BERRY, Keith, authors. 2000. "Abun."

BERRY, Keith, author. 1999. Literacy programs: getting the ideology right.

BERRY, Keith, author. 2001. Becoming literate in an emerging literate society: a case study of the Abun people of Irian Jaya, Indonesia.

Vernacular Publications

Dorkas kaim kam. 1997.

Men baca suk et 1-6. 1996.

Men git bak ne te sa u ne? (Merokok berbahaya bagi kesehatan). 1995.

Ndam wam si ndam syor: Ndi mo kwe din bo. 1997.

Suki AIDS gu utup kwop re (Utup mati karena AIDS). 1995.

Suki sunggu. 1997.

Yohanes maskwa ket nau (Yohanes melawan minuman keras). 1996.