Ethnicity Lani ISO 639-3 dnw | Native speakers 180,000 (1993) Glottolog west2594 | |
Language family Trans–New GuineaWest Trans–New GuineaIrian Highlands ?Dani languagesDani properWestern Dani | ||
Western Dani, or Laani, is the most populous Papuan language in Indonesian New Guinea. It is spoken by the Lani people in the province of Papua. The Swart Valley tribes are called Oeringoep and Timorini in literature from the 1920s, but those names are no longer used.
References
Western Dani language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA