Kwerba is a Papuan language of Indonesia. Alternate names are Airmati (Armati), Koassa, Mataweja, Naibedj, Segar Tor, Tekutameso. Kwerba is spoken in Apiaweti...
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Kwerba Mamberamo is a Papuan language of Indonesia. Kwerba Mamberamo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) v t e...
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dozen Kwerba languages form a small language family spoken in Papua Province, Indonesia. The languages are, Bagusa Kauwera (Kaowerawedj) Kwerba (Sasawa...
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The Dani–Kwerba languages were a hypothetical language family proposed by Arthur Capell in 1962 and adopted by Stephen Wurm as part of his Trans–New Guinea...
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The Foja Range languages, or Tor–Kwerba in more limited scope, are a family of about two dozen Papuan languages. They are named after the Foja Mountains...
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it to the Kwerba languages within the Trans–New Guinea family, and it does share about 20% of its vocabulary with neighboring Kwerba languages. However...
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languages (19; upper Mamberamo River) Tor–Kwerba languages (17) Nimboran languages (5) Skou languages (Skou) Border languages (15) Senagi languages (2)...
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clear. Capell (1962) posited that their closest relatives were the Kwerba languages, which Ross (2005) rejects. Larson (1977) divided the family into three...
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Papuan language spoken in Indonesian Papua. Samarokena is spoken in Karfasia, Maseb, Samarkena, and Tamaya villages. Wurm (1975) linked it to the Kwerba languages...
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Austronesian language spoken primarily by Malays in several islands of Maritime Southeast Asia and the Malay Peninsula on the mainland Asia. The language is an...
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do not resemble Austronesian or any other language family. The singular prefixes resemble Kwerba languages, but Lower Mamberamo has nothing else in common...
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the languages of the island of Timor to the west of New Guinea, Angan, Goilalan, Koiarian, Dagan, Eleman, Wissel Lakes, the erstwhile Dani-Kwerba family...
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script: ꦧꦱꦗꦮ, Pegon: باسا جاوا, IPA: [bɔsɔ d͡ʒɔwɔ]) is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Javanese people from the central and eastern parts...
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to two Kwerba family languages, namely Kauwera and Airoran, suggesting either borrowing or a distant relationship to Kwerba, though the Kwerba family...
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family is less complex than that of Tor-Kwerba languages, but is more complex than that of the Lakes Plain languages. The pronouns Ross reconstructs for proto–East...
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of Subu, Motobiak, Isirania, etc. It is rather divergent from other Kwerba languages, though clearly related. Airoran at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription...
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Trans–New Guinea, Sepik, Lakes Plain, West Papuan, Alor–Pantar, and Tor–Kwerba language families. Wilhelm Schmidt linked the Wapei and Monumbo branches, and...
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The Kwerbic, or Greater Kwerba, languages are a family of just under a dozen Papuan languages spoken in Indonesia. The Kwerba family is clearly established...
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The Sama–Bajaw languages are a well-established group of languages spoken by the Sama-Bajau peoples (A'a sama) of the Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia...
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indoˈnesija]) is the official and national language of Indonesia. It is a standardized variety of Malay, an Austronesian language that has been used as a lingua franca...
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Consciously devised language Endangered language – Language that is at risk of going extinct Ethnologue#Language families Extinct language – Language that no longer...
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is surrounded by the Kwerba languages to the north, the Lakes Plain languages to the south, and the East Cenderawasih Bay languages to the west. Burmeso...
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the Kaure languages (see Kaure–Kapori languages). However, they show no particular affiliation, and Kapauri appears to be closer to Kwerba. Usher demonstrated...
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relatives of the Kwerba languages. Foley, William A. (2018). "The languages of Northwest New Guinea". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics...
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The Papuan languages are the non-Austronesian languages spoken on the western Pacific island of New Guinea, as well as neighbouring islands in Indonesia...
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Despite the small number of speakers, however, language use is vigorous. It is surrounded by the Kwerba languages Airoran and Samarokena. Clouse, Donohue, and...
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Bagusa is a Papuan language of Indonesia. Bagusa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) v t e...
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includes both Highland and Coastal Konjo languages and the Selayar language. The Konjo and Selayar language varieties are sometimes considered dialects...
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Kutai is a Malayic language spoken by 300,000 to 500,000 people. It is the native language of the Kutai people (Indonesian: Suku Kutai, Kutai: Urang Kutai)[what...
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linked them instead with part of another erstwhile branch of TNG in a Tor–Kwerba proposal, and Usher makes a broadly similar proposal. Glottolog accepts...
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