| Kiwai | |
|---|---|
| Spoken in | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Gulf Province, Fly River delta |
| Native speakers | unknown (13,000 cited 1975–1986) |
| Language family |
Trans–New Guinea ?
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| Dialects |
Doumori
Coast Kiwai
Southern Coast Kiwai
Daru Kiwai
Eastern Kiwai
Island Kiwai
Gibaio
Kope (Gope, Era River)
Urama
Arigibi (Anigibi)
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | either: kiw – Northeast Kiwai kjd – Southern Kiwai |
Kiwai is a Papuan language, or languages, of southern Papua New Guinea. Dialects number 1,300 Kope, 700 Gibaio, 1,700 Urama, 700 Arigibi (together "Northeast Kiwai"), 3,800 Coast, 1,000 Daru, 4,500 Island, 400 Doumori (together "Southern Kiwai"). Wurm and Hattori (1981) classify Arigibi as a separate language.