Casuarina Coast Asmat language

Casuarina Coast Asmat
Bahasa Kasuarina
Native toIndonesia
RegionAround Casuarina Coast; From Fayit District, Pantai Kasuari District, Safan District in Asmat Regency to Minyamur District in Mappi Regency, South Papua[1]
EthnicityAsmat people (Kaweinag)
Native speakers
(9,000 cited 1991)[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3asc
Glottologcasu1237

Casuarina Coast Asmat is a Papuan language spoken along the Casuarina Coast of South Papua (in the region around the mouth of the Pulau River) by the Asmat people. It's the most divergent of the Asmat languages.

References

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  1. ^ "Orang Asmat Pantai Kasuari di Papua". e-MISI (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2023-10-22.
  2. ^ Casuarina Coast Asmat at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)