Kamoro language explained

Kamoro
State:	Indonesia
Region:	Mimika Regency, Central Papua
Speakers:	8,000
Date:	1987
Ref:	e18
Familycolor:	Papuan
Fam1:	Trans–New Guinea
Fam2:	Asmat–Kamoro
Iso3:	kgq
Glotto:	kamo1255
Glottorefname:	Kamoro

The Kamoro language is an Asmat–Kamoro language spoken in Western New Guinea, specifically in Mimika Regency, Central Papua by approximately 8,000 people. Dialect diversity is notable, and Kamoro should perhaps not be considered a single language.^[1]

Varieties

'Dialects' are as follows.^[1]

Yamur (far west around Yamur Lake and Etna Bay)
Western (Japakòparè, Kéàkwa and Umari Rivers, 450 speakers in 1953)
Tarjà (Opa River, 500 speakers in 1953)
Middle (Wàkia river to the upper Mimika River, 4,300 speakers in 1953)
Kàmora (Kàmora River, 400 speakers in 1953)
Wània (Wània River 1,300 speakers in 1953)
Mukumùga (Mukumùga river, 800 speakers in 1953)

Moseley, Christopher and R. E. Asher, ed. Atlas of the World's Languages (New York: Routledge, 1994) p. 110