Korupun language

Korupun (Korapun) is a Papuan language of West Papua. Dialects are Korupun (Duram), Dagi, Sisibna (Gobugdua), Deibula, (Western) Sela. It is also known as Kimyal of Korupun; Kimyal is another name for Nalca.

Korupun
Sela
RegionPapua New Guinea
Native speakers
8,000 (1996)[1]
Dialects
  • Korupun (Duram)
  • Dagi
  • Sisibna (Gobugdua)
  • Deibula
  • Sela
Language codes
ISO 639-3kpq
Glottologkoru1245  Korupun-Sela[2]
kora1298  Korapun-Bromley[3]

According to Timothy Usher, the "Korupun" described by Bromley is a separate, though closely related, language.[2]

References
  1. Korupun at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Korupun-Sela". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Korapun-Bromley". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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