Kowaki language

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Kowaki
Native to Papua New Guinea
Region Madang Province
Native speakers
25 (2000) [1]
Trans–New Guinea?
Language codes
ISO 639-3 xow
Glottolog kowa1245
ELP Kowaki
Lang Status 20-CR.svg
Kowaki is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Kowaki is a nearly extinct Papuan language of Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.

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References

  1. Kowaki at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)