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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Pacific > Papua New Guinea > Kwomtari

Kwomtari

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3kwo

Population  600 (1998 SIL).
Region  Sandaun Province, Amanab District, north of Namia. 6 villages.
Language map  Papua New Guinea, Map 3, reference number 69
Dialects  West Central Kwomtari, Ekos-Yenabi-Maragin.
Classification  Arai-Kwomtari, Kwomtari, Kwomtari, Nuclear Kwomtari
Language use  Home, village. Some also use some Tok Pisin [tpi].
Writing system  Latin script.
Comments  One school. Hunter-gatherers. Traditional religion, Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Anonymous. n.d.. Kwomtari Organised Phonology Data.  Available online

BARON, Wietze, author. Available: 2012; Created: 1983. Kwomtari Survey.  Available online

DREW, Julia, author. 2008. "Kwomtari phonology essentials."

HONSBERGER, Carol; HONSBERGER, Murray; TUPPER, Ian, authors. 2008. "Introduction to the Kwomtari people and language."

HONSBERGER, Carol; HONSBERGER, Murray; TUPPER, Ian, editors. 2008. Kwomtari phonology and grammar essentials.  Available online

SPENCER, Katharine, author. 2008. "Kwomtari grammar essentials."