Citak language

Cita
Native to Papua
Region Mappi Regency, Papua, Indonesia
Native speakers
unknown (8,000 cited 1985)[1]
Trans–New Guinea
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Either:
txt  Citak
diy  Diuwe
Glottolog cita1245  (Citak)[2]
diuw1238  (Diuwe)[3]

Citak is the Papuan language of Citak-Mitak subdistrict (Kecamatan), Mappi Regency, Indonesia.

Some dialects self-identified as Asmat may be closer to Citak, though Tamnim Citak is a variety of Asmat.

References

  1. Citak at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Diuwe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Citak". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  3. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Diuwe". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.