Kamoro
Native toIndonesia
RegionMimika Regency, Central Papua
Native speakers
(8,000 cited 1987)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3kgq
Glottologkamo1255

The Kamoro language is an Asmat–Kamoro language spoken in Western New Guinea, specifically in Mimika Regency, Central Papua by approximately 8,000 people. Dialect diversity is notable, and Kamoro should perhaps not be considered a single language.[2]

Varieties

'Dialects' are as follows.[2]

References

  1. ^ Kamoro at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ a b New Guinea World, Kamoro

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