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Kwomtari language

Kwomtari (ISO 639-3 code kwo) is a language of the Kwomtari-Nai family spoken in Papua New Guinea. It has about 800 speakers. The Endangered Languages Project lists it as threatened.

Facts

ISO 639-3 codekwo
Glottocodenucl1593
FamilyKwomtari-Nai
AreaPapunesia
CountriesPapua New Guinea
Speakers (estimate)800
EndangermentThreatened (40 percent certain, based on the evidence available)

Related languages

Other Kwomtari-Nai languages, nearest first.

More about Kwomtari

Classification, area and countries: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Endangerment status and speaker estimate: Endangered Languages Project. Speaker numbers are estimates and differ between sources.