Native to Papua New Guinea | Native speakers ca. 30,000 (2011) | |
Region Gulf Province, Fly River delta Language family Trans–New Guinea ?
Kiwai–Porome
Kiwaian
Kiwai Dialects Doumori
Coast Kiwai
Southern Coast Kiwai
Daru Kiwai
Eastern Kiwai
Island Kiwai
Gibaio
Kope (Gope, Era River)
Urama
Arigibi (Anigibi) ISO 639-3 Either:
kiw – Northeast Kiwai
kjd – Southern Kiwai | ||
Kiwai is a Papuan language, or languages, of southern Papua New Guinea. Dialects number 1,300 Kope, 700 Gibaio, 1,700 Urama, 700 Arigibi (together "Northeast Kiwai"), 3,800 Coast, 1,000 Daru, 4,500 Island, 400 Doumori (together "Southern Kiwai"). Wurm and Hattori (1981) classify Arigibi as a separate language.
References
Kiwai language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA