Kamoro language
The Kamoro language is an Asmat–Kamoro language spoken in New Guinea by approximately 8,000 people. Dialect diversity is notable, and Kamoro should perhaps not be considered a single language.[2]
| Kamoro | |
|---|---|
| Region | Middle south coast of Western New Guinea |
Native speakers | (8,000 cited 1987)[1] |
Trans–New Guinea
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kgq |
| Glottolog | kamo1255 |
Varieties
'Dialects' are as follows.[2]
- Yamur (far west around Yamur Lake and Etna Bay)
- Western (Japakòparè, Kéàkwa and Umari Rivers, 450 speakers in 1953)
- Tarjà (Opa River, 500 speakers in 1953)
- Middle (Wàkia river to the upper Mimika river, 4,300 speakers in 1953)
- Kàmora (Kàmora River, 400 speakers in 1953)
- Wània (Wània River 1,300 speakers in 1953)
- Mukumùga (Mukumùga river, 800 speakers in 1953)
References
- Kamoro at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- New Guinea World, Kamoro
Bibliography
- Moseley, Christopher and R. E. Asher, ed. Atlas of the World's Languages (New York: Routledge, 1994) p. 110
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