Karas language

Karas
Spoken in	Papua
Native speakers	240 (1983)
Language family	Trans–New Guinea West Trans–New Guinea West Bomberai Karas
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`kgv`

Karas is a divergent Trans–New Guinea language spoken on Karas Island off the Bomberai Peninsula, that appears to be most closely related to the West Bomberai languages.

References

Ross, Malcolm (2005). "Pronouns as a preliminary diagnostic for grouping Papuan languages". In Andrew Pawley, Robert Attenborough, Robin Hide, Jack Golson, eds. Papuan pasts: cultural, linguistic and biological histories of Papuan-speaking peoples. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. pp. 15–66. ISBN 0858835622. OCLC 67292782.