Kowiai language

Kowiai
Kowiai
South Bomberai
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Kaimana Regency
Native speakers	600 (2000)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Central–Eastern Seram Laut (?) East Central Maluku Kowiai; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kwh
Glottolog	kowi1239
ELP	Kowiai

Kowiai (Kuiwai) is an Austronesian language of the Bomberai Peninsula in New Guinea. According to the Atlas of Languages of Intercultural Communication in the Pacific and Asia, Kowiai is spoken in the coastal regions between Arguni and Etna bay.^[3]

Distribution

Locations within Kaimana Regency:^[4]

Kaimana District: Namatota and Bicari villages
Buruwai District: Pulau Adi and Nusa Ulang villages
Teluk Etna District: Kayu Merah village
Niraran District: Trikora village
Coa District: Sowa village
Kroy District
Kaimana City

References

^ Kowiai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Charles Grimes & Owen Edwards (in process) Wallacean subgroups: unravelling the prehistory and classification of the Austronesian languages of eastern Indonesia and Timor-Leste. Summary presentation at the 15th International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics.
^ Wurm, Stephen A.; Mühlhäusler, Peter; Tryon, Darrell T. (2011-02-11). Atlas of Languages of Intercultural Communication in the Pacific, Asia, and the Americas: Vol I: Maps. Vol II: Texts. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-081972-4.
^ Ronsumbre, Adolof (2020). Ensiklopedia Suku Bangsa di Provinsi Papua Barat. Yogyakarta: Penerbit Kepel Press. ISBN 978-602-356-318-0.