Demta language

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Demta
Sowari
Native to Indonesia
Region Demta District, Jayapura Regency, Papua
Native speakers
1,300 (2000) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 dmy
Glottolog demt1241 [2]

Demta, also known as Sowari and Muris, is a Papuan language on the north coast of Papua, Indonesia. It is spoken in Ambora, Muris Besar, Muris Kecil, and Yougafsa villages, all located in Demta District. [3]

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References

  1. Demta at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Demta". Glottolog 3.0 . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Indonesia languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.