Ekari language
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| Ekari | ||
|---|---|---|
| Mee | ||
| Spoken in | Papua, Indonesia | |
| Total speakers | 100,000 | |
| Language family | Trans–New Guinea | |
| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1 | None | |
| ISO 639-2 | – | |
| ISO 639-3 | ekg | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
view of Moanamani, Papua
Ekari (also Ekagi,Kapauku) is a Trans–New Guinea language spoken by about 100,000 people in the Paniai lakes region of the Indonesian province of Papua (formerly Irian Jaya), including the villages of Mapia and Moanamani. Language use is vigorous. Documentation is quite limited.
[edit] References
- Doble, Marion. 1962. Essays on Kapauku grammar.. Nieuw Guinea Studiën 6.152-5, 211-8, 279-98.
- Drabbe, Peter. 1952. Spraakkunst van het Ekagi, Wisselmeren, Nederlands Nieuw Guinea. Den Haag: Martinus Nijhoff.
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