Kosarek language
Papuan language of Highland Papua
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Kosarek (or Kosarek Yale, Mek Kosarek) is a Papuan language used in Kosarek District, Yahukimo Regency, Highland Papua.[2]
NativetoIndonesia
EthnicityYali people and Mek people
Native speakers
(2,300 cited 1993)[1]Trans–New Guinea
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Mek
- Northern
- Kosarek–Nipsan
- Kosarek
- Kosarek–Nipsan
- Northern
| Kosarek | |
|---|---|
| Kosarek Yale, Mek Kosarek | |
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Ethnicity | Yali people and Mek people |
Native speakers | (2,300 cited 1993)[1] |
Trans–New Guinea
| |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kkl |
| Glottolog | kosa1249 |
Further reading
- Heeschen, Volker. 1992. A Dictionary of the Yale (Kosarek) Language: with Sketch of Grammar and English Index. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer.
- Heeschen, Volker. 2000. Die Yale-Sprache, eine Papua-Sprache. In: Ludger Hoffmann (ed.), Sprachwissenschaft: Ein Reader, 759–774. 2nd edn. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
