North Asmat language
North Asmat is a Papuan language of West New Guinea, spoken by the Asmat people. Dialects are Momogo, Pupis and Irogo.
| North Asmat | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | West Papua |
| Ethnicity | Asmat people |
Native speakers | (1,000 cited 1991)[1] (population may include Keenok, a dialect of Central Asmat) |
Trans–New Guinea
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | nks |
| Glottolog | nort2917[2] |
References
- North Asmat at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Momogo-Pupis-Irogo". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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