Kovojab language explained

Kovojab
Also Known As:	Kovojap, Kvolyab, Kopoyap
Familycolor:	Papuan
Glotto:	none
Iso3:	none

Kovojab (Kovojap, Kvolyab, Kopoyap) is a Bayono–Awbono language spoken in the highlands of Papua Province, Indonesia.

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. However, Glottolog classifies Kovojab with Bayono rather than with Awbono.

The name Kopoyap is given by Hischier (2006).^[2]

Notes and References

1. 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.
2. Hischier, Phyllis (2006). Exploration of the Remote Kopayap and Urajin Areas in West Papua, Indonesia: A First Contact in Kopayap and Urajin. Manuscript.