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Korupun language

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Region
  
Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3
  
kpq

Native speakers
  
8,000 (1996)

Language family
  
Trans–New Guinea Mek Korupun

Dialects
  
Korupun (Duram) Dagi Sisibna (Gobugdua) Deibula Sela

Glottolog
  
koru1245  (Korupun-Sela) kora1298  (Korapun-Bromley)

Korupun (Korapun) is a Papuan language of West Papua. Dialects are Korupun (Duram), Dagi, Sisibna (Gobugdua), Deibula, (Western) Sela. It is also known as Kimyal of Korupun; Kimyal is another name for Nalca.

According to Timothy Usher, the "Korupun" described by Bromley is a separate, though closely related, language.

References

Korupun language Wikipedia


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