Kuwani is a poorly attested Papuan language of the Bird's Head Peninsula of New Guinea. It is attested only from a single word list, and even its exact location is unknown.[1]
Kuwani | |
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Native to | Indonesia |
Region | West Papua |
Language family | West Papuan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | None (mis ) |
Linguist List | qqz |
Glottolog | None |
Smits and Voorhoeve (1998) assumed it to be equivalent to Kalabra, but there are significant lexical differences.[2] Some lexical differences between Kuwani and Kalabra are given below.[3]
gloss | Kuwani | Kalabra |
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‘ear’ | indibit | difitlas |
‘eye’ | inzibun | sifogo |
‘hand’ | owani | defo |
‘1SG’ | tetike | tet |
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