Kowiai language

Kowiai
Kowiai
South Bomberai
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Kaimana Regency
Native speakers	600 (2000)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Central–Eastern Seram Laut (?) East Central Maluku Kowiai; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kwh
Glottolog	kowi1239
ELP	Kowiai

Kowiai (Kuiwai) is an Austronesian language of the Bomberai Peninsula in New Guinea. According to the Atlas of Languages of Intercultural Communication in the Pacific and Asia, Kowiai is spoken in the coastal regions between Arguni and Etna bay.

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