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Name:
Koiari, Grass
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Koiari; Koiari (Grass)
Spoken in:
Papua New Guinea
Number of speakers:
1,700 (2000 S. Wurm). 10% monolingual
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
1800
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
1700
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
kbk
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Trans-New Guinea, Border (Border Trans-New Guinea), Marind, Morehead and Upper Maro Rivers, Teberan-Pawaian, Eleman
Parent Subgroup:
Koiaric; Koiraic; Koita (koic)
Child Dialects:
Lahada (kbk-lah)
Omani (kbk-oma)
Hogeri (kbk-hog)
UNESCO Status: Vulnerable Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Vulnerable Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Map of Koiari, Grass
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