Casuarina Coast Asmat language explained

Casuarina Coast Asmat
Nativename:Bahasa Kasuarina
States:Indonesia
Region:Around Casuarina Coast; From Fayit District, Pantai Kasuari District, Safan District in Asmat Regency to Minyamur District in Mappi Regency, South Papua[1]
Ethnicity:Asmat people (Kaweinag)
Speakers:9,000
Date:1991
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Papuan
Fam1:Trans–New Guinea
Fam2:Asmat–Kamoro
Fam3:Asmat
Iso3:asc
Glotto:casu1237
Glottorefname:Casuarina Coast Asmat

Casuarina Coast Asmat is a Papuan language spoken along the Casuarina Coast of South Papua (in the region around the mouth of the Pulau River) by the Asmat people. It's the most divergent of the Asmat languages.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Orang Asmat Pantai Kasuari di Papua . e-MISI . id . 2023-10-22.