Kwerisa language

Kwerisa
Kwerisa
Taogwe
Native to	Indonesia
Region	New Guinea
Ethnicity	130
Native speakers	(15 cited 2000)
Language family	Lakes Plain Central Kwerisa; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kkb
Glottolog	kwer1264
ELP	Kwerisa

Last updated November 26, 2025

Kwerisa, or Taogwe, is a nearly extinct Lakes Plain language of Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Most of the Kwerisa people have shifted to Kaiy, which is closely related.

They mostly inhabit Kai I village, the original location of the village. While most Torweja (Toarikei) people moved to the new village of Kai II (or Bakaije) located on the banks of Oi River and the new Rufaer district capital location (the new Kai village location) upstream from Akru River.

References

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

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

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