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Karas language

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Region
  
West Papua

ISO 639-3
  
kgv

Native speakers
  
(240 cited 1983)

Glottolog
  
kara1499

Language family
  
Trans–New Guinea West Trans–New Guinea West Bomberai Karas

Karas is a divergent Trans–New Guinea language spoken on the biggest of the Karas Islands off the Bomberai Peninsula, that appears to be most closely related to the West Bomberai languages.

Pronouns

Cowan (1953) records the following pronouns for Karas.

References

Karas language Wikipedia