Samarokena language explained

Samarokena
Nativename:	Tamaja
Region:	Papua
Speakers:	400
Date:	1982
Ref:	e18
Familycolor:	Papuan
Fam1:	Foja Range
Fam2:	Kwerbic
Fam3:	Apauwar Coast
Iso3:	tmj
Glotto:	sama1240
Glottorefname:	Samarokena

Samarokena (Samarkena, Karfasia, Tamaja ~ Tamaya) is a poorly documented Papuan language spoken in Indonesian Papua.

Samarokena is spoken in Karfasia, Maseb, Samarkena, and Tamaya villages.^[1]

Wurm (1975) linked it to the Kwerba languages, but Ross (2005) could not find enough evidence to classify it. Donahue (2002) found that the pronouns correspond closely to those of Airoran, though both are divergent from the Kwerba languages of the interior.

References

• Clouse, Duane, Mark Donohue and Felix Ma. 2002. "Survey report of the north coast of Irian Jaya."http://www.sil.org/silesr/2002/SILESR2002-078.pdf

Notes and References

1. Web site: Indonesia languages . Ethnologue

   Languages of the World

   . 22nd . Eberhard . David M. . Simons . Gary F. . Fennig . Charles D. . 2019 . Dallas . SIL International.