Kovojab language
Kovojab (Kovojap, Kvolyab, Kopoyap) is a Bayono–Awbono language spoken in the highlands of Papua Province, Indonesia.
| Kovojab | |
|---|---|
| Kovojap, Kvolyab, Kopoyap | |
| Region | Papua Province, Indonesia |
Bayono–Awbono
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | None |
All that is known of Kovojab is a few hundred words recorded in Wilbrink (2004).[1] The Kovojab word list in Wilbrink (2004) was originally recorded by Peter Jan de Vries.
Names
Ethnologue gives the name Kvolyab as an alternative name for Awbono.[2] However, Glottolog classifies Kovojab with Bayono rather than with Awbono.
The name Kopoyap is given by Hischier (2006).[3]
gollark: Please imagine rapidly. We don't have much time.
gollark: Imagine having age and gender.
gollark: Why?
gollark: Just apinate the bees.
gollark: SMH my head, just make a macro generate the macro invocations.
References
- Wilbrink, Ans (2004). The Kopkaka of Papua: Provisional notes on their language, its language affiliation and on the Kopkaka culture. MA thesis, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
- Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Indonesia languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
- Hischier, Phyllis (2006). Exploration of the Remote Kopayap and Urajin Areas in West Papua, Indonesia: A First Contact in Kopayap and Urajin. Manuscript.
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