Koiwat language

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Koiwat
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionEast Sepik Province
Native speakers
800 (2000 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3kxt
Glottologkoiw1243
ELPKoiwat

Koiwat is one of the Ndu languages of Sepik River region of northern Papua New Guinea.

It is spoken in Kamangaui (4°06′59″S 143°35′37″E / 4.116371°S 143.593484°E / -4.116371; 143.593484 (Kamangaui)), Koiwat (4°05′23″S 143°33′19″E / 4.089795°S 143.555238°E / -4.089795; 143.555238 (Koiwut)), Paiambit (4°06′38″S 143°41′46″E / 4.11068°S 143.69616°E / -4.11068; 143.69616 (Paimbit)), and Seraba (4°03′50″S 143°37′45″E / 4.063985°S 143.629118°E / -4.063985; 143.629118 (Sarapa)) villages of Koiwat ward, Angoram/Middle Sepik Rural LLG, East Sepik Province.[1][2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Koiwat at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.