Ethnologue

Taikat

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Arso, Tajkat

Population

500 (Wurm 2000).

Location

Papua province: northeast border area south of Jayapura.

Language Maps

Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification

Dialects

None known. Reportedly most similar to Awyi [auw].

Language Use

Potentially endangered (2000 S. Wurm). Under strong pressure from Indonesian [ind] (Wurm 2007).

Language Resources

Other Comments

Christian, traditional religion.