Karawa language

Not to be confused with Karawa language (Australia).
Karawa
Native to Papua New Guinea
Region Sandaun Province
Native speakers
63 (2003)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 xrw
Glottolog kara1495[2]

Karawa (Bulawa) is a language spoken in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea, by decreasing number of people. Speakers are shifting to Pouye, which is closely related (67% similar lexically).

References

  1. Karawa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Karawa". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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