Kemtuik language

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Kemtuik
Region New Guinea
Native speakers
(2500 cited 1987) [1]
Foja Range
Language codes
ISO 639-3 kmt
Glottolog kemt1242

Kemtuik (Kemtuk) is a Papuan language of Kemtuk and Kemtuk Gresi Districts, Jayapura Regency, Indonesia. It is very close to Gresi. It is spoken in Aib, Aimbe, Braso, Mamda, Mamdayawang, Meikari, Merem, Sabeyap, Sabeyap Kecil, Sabron Yaru, Sabransamon, Sekorup, and Yanim villages. [2]

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References

  1. Kemtuik 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.