Kuni language

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Kuni
RegionEastern New Guinea
Native speakers
2,400 (2000 census) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 kse
Glottolog kuni1263

Kuni is a Malayo-Polynesian languages of the central southern coast of the Papuan Peninsula in Papua New Guinea.

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References

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