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

Trimuris

A language of Indonesia (Papua)

ISO 639-3tip

Population  300 (1999 SIL).
Region  Jayapura Regency, Mamberamo Tengah subdistrict, Mamberamo River east bank, between Kauwera [xau] and Bagusa [bqb].
Language map  Indonesia, Eastern Papua, reference number 182
Dialects  Low intelligibility of Kwerba [kwe]. Lexical similarity: 70% with Kauwera and 60% with Kwerba.
Classification  Tor-Kwerba, Greater Kwerba, Kwerba, Nuclear
Language use  Vigorous. All ages.
Comments  Hunter-gatherers; fishermen. Traditional religion, Christian.