Wolani language

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Wolani
Native to Indonesia
Region Papua
Ethnicity Wolani
Native speakers
5,000  (1992)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 wod

Wolani (Wodani) is a Papuan language spoken by about 5,000 people in the Paniai lakes region of the Indonesian province of Papua. It is related to the Moni, Ekari, Auye, and Dao languages and may be related to the Dani languages. Documentation is quite limited.

References

  1. Wolani reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
  • 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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