Kovojab language

Kovojab
Kovojab
Kovojap, Kvolyab, Kopoyap
Region	Papua Province, Indonesia
Language family	Bayono–Awbono Kovojab;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	None

Kovojab (Kovojap, Kvolyab, Kopoyap) is a Bayono–Awbono language spoken in the highlands of Papua Province, Indonesia.

All that is known of Kovojab is a few hundred words recorded in Wilbrink (2004).^[1] The Kovojab word list in Wilbrink (2004) was originally recorded by Peter Jan de Vries.

Names

Ethnologue gives the name Kvolyab as an alternative name for Awbono.^[2] However, Glottolog classifies Kovojab with Bayono rather than with Awbono.

The name Kopoyap is given by Hischier (2006).^[3]

References

^ Wilbrink, Ans (2004). The Kopkaka of Papua: Provisional notes on their language, its language affiliation and on the Kopkaka culture. MA thesis, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
^ Awbono at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
^ Hischier, Phyllis (2006). Exploration of the Remote Kopayap and Urajin Areas in West Papua, Indonesia: A First Contact in Kopayap and Urajin. Manuscript.