Faiwol language

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Faiwol
Region Western Province, Papua New Guinea & South Papua, Indonesia
Native speakers
(4,500 cited 1987) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 fai – inclusive code
Individual code:
stm  – Setaman
Glottolog faiw1243   Faiwol
seta1246   Setaman
ELP Faiwol
  Setaman [2]

Faiwol is one of the Ok languages of Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. It is spoken at the headwaters of the Fly, Palmer, and Murray rivers in Western Province. [3] There are numerous dialects, including Faiwol proper, Angkiyak, Wopkei, Setaman, Selbang, [4] Dimtikin, [5] and Kauwol [6] on the Indonesian border.

References

  1. ↑ Faiwol at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Setaman at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ↑ Endangered Languages Project data for Setaman.
  3. ↑ Steer, Martin (September 2005). "LANGUAGES OF THE UPPER SEPIK AND CENTRAL NEW GUINEA" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 22, 2023. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  4. ↑ Selbang Dialect
  5. ↑ Dimtikin Dialect
  6. ↑ Kauwol Dialect


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