Kwerisa language

Endangered Lakes Plain language of Indonesia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kwerisa, or Taogwe, is a nearly extinct Lakes Plain language of Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Most of the Kwerisa people have shifted to Kaiy, which is closely related.

NativetoIndonesia
Ethnicity130[1]
Native speakers
(15 cited 2000)[1]
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Kwerisa
Taogwe
Native toIndonesia
RegionNew Guinea
Ethnicity130[1]
Native speakers
(15 cited 2000)[1]
Lakes Plain
  • Central
    • Kwerisa
Language codes
ISO 639-3kkb
Glottologkwer1264
ELPKwerisa
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They mostly inhabit Kai I village, the original location of the village. While most Torweja (Toarikei) people moved to the new village of Kai II (or Bakaije) located on the banks of Oi River and the new Rufaer district capital location (the new Kai village location) upstream from Akru River.

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