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Kowan languages

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Geographic distribution:
  
Madang Province

Glottolog:
  
kowa1247

Subdivisions:
  
Waskia Korak

Linguistic classification:
  
Trans–New Guinea Madang (unclassified) Kowan

The Kowan languages are a small family of languages spoken in the Adelbert Range area of Madang Province, Papua New Guinea, and first identified by Malcolm Ross.

The languages are Waskia, with 20,000 speakers, and Korak, with 500.

References

Kowan languages Wikipedia