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  2. Trans–New Guinea
  3. Baliem Valley languages
  4. Western Dani
ISO 639-3 · dnwdnw
Trans–New Guinea family

Western Dani

bahasa Dani Barat

Western Dani is a language of the Baliem Valley languages branch (Trans–New Guinea), spoken in Indonesia. Wikidata counts about 180,000 speakers (1993).

6a · VigorousLatn180,000
At a glance
ISO 639-3
dnw
Glottocode
west2594
Wikipedia
12 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
3levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level

Facts

NameWestern Dani · bahasa Dani Barat
Also calledWestern Dani language, Lani language
All speakers180,000 (1993)
Written inLatin script

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 Western Dani

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