Ekari language
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| Ekari Mee |
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| Spoken in: | Papua, Indonesia | |
| Total speakers: | 100000 | |
| Language family: | Trans New Guinea Ekari |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | to be added | |
| ISO/FDIS 639-3: | ekg | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. | ||
view of Moanamani, Papua
Ekari (also Ekagi,Kapauku) is a Trans New Guinea language spoken by about 100,000 people in the Paniai lakes region of the Indonesian province of Papua (formerly Irian Jaya), including the villages of Mapia and Moanamani. Language use is vigorous. Documenation is quite limited.
[edit] References
- Doble, Marion. 1962. Essays on Kapauku grammar.. Nieuw Guinea Studiën 6.152-5, 211-8, 279-98.
- Drabbe, Peter. 1952. Spraakkunst van het Ekagi, Wisselmeren, Nederlands Nieuw Guinea. Den Haag: Martinus Nijhoff.
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