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Konai

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3: kxw

Population	600 (1991 SIL).
Region	Western Province, Upper Strickland River west side.
Language map	Papua New Guinea, Map 8, reference number 389
Alternate names	Mirapmin
Dialects	Most similar to Odoodee [kkc] and Fembe [agl].
Classification	Trans-New Guinea, East Strickland
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: Below 5%. Literacy rate in L2: Below 5%. Bible portions: 2005.
Writing system	Latin script.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

ÅRSJÖ, Britten; ÅRSJÖ, Sören, authors. 2000. "Konai."  

ÅRSJÖ, Britten; ÅRSJÖ, Sören, authors. 2005. "Phonology and orthography essentials: Konai (Kala̱i̱) language (Western Province Papua New Guinea)."  

ÅRSJÖ, Britten; ÅRSJÖ, Sören, authors. Available: 2009; Created: 2005. Organised phonology data Konai (Kala̱i̱) language.  

BROWNIE, John, editor. 2000. Sociolinguistic and literacy studies: South-West, Sepik and Morobe.

PARKER, Stephen G., editor. 2005. Phonological descriptions of Papua New Guinea languages.