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

Kaiy

A language of Indonesia (Papua)

ISO 639-3tcq

Population  220 (2000 S. Wurm).
Region  Lakes Plain area around Kaiy airstrip on lower Rouffaer River, Kaiy and Kokou villages.
Language map  Indonesia, Eastern Papua, reference number 198
Alternate names   Kai, Taori-Kaiy, Taori-Kei, Todi
Dialects  Lexical similarity: 69% with Biritai [bqq].
Classification  Lakes Plain, Tariku, East
Comments  Fishermen; gatherers. Christian, traditional religion.