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ISO 639-3 · khekhe
Trans–New Guinea family

Korowai

Korowai is a language of the Awyu branch (Trans–New Guinea), spoken in Indonesia. Wikidata describes it as “language in Papua”.

6a · Vigorous
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
khe
Glottocode
koro1312
Wikipedia
11 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
4levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level

Facts

NameKorowai
Also calledKarufo Auf, Kolufaup, Korowai language

Vitality

EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a

Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Trans–New Guinea to Korowai

The branches above Korowai, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

212Trans–New Guineafamily31Central and South New Guineabranch31Awyu-Okbranch10AwyubranchkheKorowailanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Indonesia691 languages in the index

Also spoken in Indonesia

engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalcmnMandarin ChineseSino-Tibetan · 1.07 bn1 · NationalcmnStandard ChineseSino-Tibetan · 897.1 maraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafeindIndonesianAustronesian · 199 m1 · NationaljavJavaneseAustronesian · 84.3 m4 · EducationaltamTamilDravidian · 83 m2 · ProvincialmsaMalayAustronesian · 77 mnanSouthern MinSino-Tibetan · 48.3 m6a · VigoroushakHakka ChineseSino-Tibetan · 48.2 m5 · Developing