North Asmat language

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North Asmat
Mumugu, Pupis, Eroko
Native toIndonesia
RegionPulau Tiga District and Sawa Erma District, Asmat Regency, South Papua
EthnicityAsmat people
Native speakers
(1,000 cited 1991)[1]
(population may include Keenok, a dialect of Central Asmat)
Trans–New Guinea
  • Asmat–Kamoro
Language codes
ISO 639-3nks
Glottolognort2917

North Asmat is a

West New Guinea, spoken by the Asmat people
. Dialects are Momogo (Mumugu), Pupis and Irogo (Eroko).

References

  1. ^ North Asmat at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)