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Kombai language

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Region
  
Glottolog
  
ndei1235

Ethnicity
  
Kombai

Native speakers
  
(5,000 cited 1991–2002)

Language family
  
Trans–New GuineaGreater AwyuAwyu–DumutKombai

ISO 639-3
  
Either:tyn – Kombaiwng – Wanggom

Kombai (Komboy) is a Papuan language of Indonesian New Guinea, it is spoken by the Kombai people. Tayan is a dialect.

Ethnologue records a Wanggom language which is similar to Kombai. However, this has not been attested as a distinct language.

References

Kombai language Wikipedia


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