Western Dani language
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| Western Dani | |
|---|---|
| Laani | |
| Region | Highlands of Irian Jaya |
| Ethnicity | Lani |
Native speakers | 180,000 (1993)[1] |
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Trans–New Guinea
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | dnw |
Western Dani, or Laani, is the most populous Papuan language in Indonesian New Guinea. The Swart Valley tribes are called Oeringoep and Timorini in literature from the 1920s, but those names are no longer used.
References
- ↑ Western Dani reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
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