^Korowai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ abcde Vries, Lourens; van Enk, Gerrit J. (1997). The Korowai of Irian Jaya: Their Language and its Cultural Context. Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics. Vol. 9. Oxford University Press. ISBN9780195105513.
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Hughes, Jock. 2009. Upper Digul Survey. SIL International.
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korowai, language, korowai, kolufaup, trans, guinean, language, spoken, south, papua, indonesia, spoken, korowai, people, live, along, becking, river, korowaikolufaupregionbecking, river, south, papua, indonesiaethnicitykorowainative, speakers3, 2007, language. Korowai Kolufaup is a Trans New Guinean language spoken in South Papua Indonesia It is spoken by the Korowai people who live along the Becking River KorowaiKolufaupRegionBecking River South Papua IndonesiaEthnicityKorowaiNative speakers3 500 2007 1 Language familyTrans New Guinea Asmat Awyu OkGreater AwyuBecking DawiKorowaiLanguage codesISO 639 3 a href https iso639 3 sil org code khe class extiw title iso639 3 khe khe a Glottologkoro1312ELPKorowaiPhonology editConsonants 2 Labial Alveolar Palatal VelarPlosive p b t d ɟ j k gPrenasalized ᵐb mb ⁿd nd ᵑg ngg Fricative ɸ f s x kh Nasal m nApproximant w l j y ɥ hu b and d are in free variation with ɓ and ɗ respectively ɸ x can be voiced b ɣ intervocalically Vowels 2 Front Central BackHigh i y u uMid high e e e e Mid low ɛ e ɔ o Low a e can be heard as ɪ in unstressed syllables a can vary to ae in stressed syllables ɔ is pronounced o before w All vowels are lengthened in stressed syllables and word finally e is epenthetic and is never in stressed syllables Stress is unpredictable and phonemic 2 Notes edit Korowai at Ethnologue 18th ed 2015 subscription required a b c de Vries Lourens van Enk Gerrit J 1997 The Korowai of Irian Jaya Their Language and its Cultural Context Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics Vol 9 Oxford University Press ISBN 9780195105513 References editHughes Jock 2009 Upper Digul Survey SIL International This Papuan languages related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Korowai language amp oldid 1198403462, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,