Kesawai language

Kesawai
Kesawai
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Madang Province
Ethnicity	890 (2000 census)
Native speakers	700 (2008)
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Madang Rai Coast Evapia Kesawai–Sausi Kesawai; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	xes
Glottolog	kesa1244

Last updated January 02, 2026

Kesawai is a Rai Coast language spoken in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.

References

1 2 Kesawai at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

References

Priestley, Carol (2008). A grammar of Koromu (Kesawai): a trans New Guinea language of Papua New Guinea (PhD thesis). Australian National University. doi:10.25911/5D5FCEC3D508A.
Priestley, Carol (2019). Koromu (Kesawai): Grammar and Information Structure of a New Guinea Language. Pacific Linguistics. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton. doi:10.1515/9781501510953. ISBN 978-1-5015-1095-3.

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[e25-1] 1 2 Kesawai at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

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