Citak language

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Citak
Kau Adagum
Native to Indonesia (South Papua)
RegionMappi Regency, South Papua, Indonesia
EthnicityCitak
Native speakers
(8,000 cited 1985) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Variously:
txt  – Citak
diy  – Diuwe
tml  – Tamnim Citak
Glottolog cita1246
ELP Diuwe

Citak or Kaunak is the Papuan language of Citak-Mitak subdistrict (Kecamatan), Mappi Regency, Indonesia. It is called by its speakers Kau Adagum (lit., Kau Language), Citak is an exonym from the tribe Auyu. [2] Tamnim Citak is a distinct dialect. Diuwe is unverified as a language.

References

  1. ↑ Citak at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Diuwe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Tamnim Citak at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ↑ Antoni, Alexander de (2010). ""Call Us Kau, Not Citak." Constitutive Factors for the Ethnic Consciousness of an Asmat Subgroup". Anthropos. 105 (2). Nomos Verlag: 411–422. doi: 10.5771/0257-9774-2010-2-411 . ISSN   0257-9774.


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