Kaiy language

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Kaiy
Native to Indonesia
RegionRafaer District, Mamberamo Raya Regency, Papua
Native speakers
220 (2000) [1]
Lakes Plain
  • Central
    • Kaiy
Language codes
ISO 639-3 tcq
Glottolog kaiy1239
ELP Kaiy

Kaiy (Kai, Taori-Kei) is a Lakes Plain language of Papua, Indonesia. It is spoken in Kaiy and Kokou villages in Rafaer District, Mamberamo Raya Regency. [2]

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References

  1. Kaiy at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Indonesia languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.