Endangered Languages Project - Koiwat

Koiwat

^{[aka Sawos]}

Classification: Sepik

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endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Sawos
CLASSIFICATION		Sepik, Ndu
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		kxt
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Koiwat is included within Laycock's (1973) "Sawos language", which he admits may consist of multiple languages, noting that "no real dialect surveys have been undertaken". The classifications here follow the survey work of Staalsen (1975).

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Information from: “The Languages of the Sawos Region (New Guinea)” (6-16) . Staalsen, Philip (1975)

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~450
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1972

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: East Sepik Province, Sawos region: Koiwat, Kamangaui, Seraba, and Paiambi villages

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
800
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
census

DATE OF INFO: 2000

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "East Sepik Province, Ambunti district, between Munguma and Nagam rivers, Koiwat, Kamangaui, Seraba, and Paiambit villages."

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Information from: “Glottolog 2.3” . Hammarström, Harald & Forkel, Robert & Haspelmath, Martin & Nordhoff, Sebastian (2014)