Airoran is a language of
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
, spoken in the north coast area on the lower Apauwer River of
Papua Papua most commonly refers to:
* New Guinea, the world's second-largest island in the southwestern Pacific Ocean
* Western New Guinea, the western half of the island of New Guinea, which is administered by Indonesia.
** Papua (province), an Indonesi ...
(Irian Jaya), in the villages of Subu, Motobiak, Isirania, etc. It is rather divergent from other
Kwerba languages
The half dozen Kwerba languages form a small language family spoken in Jayapura Regency of Indonesian West Papua.
Languages
The languages are,
* Bagusa
* Kauwera (Kaowerawedj)
* Kwerba (Sasawa, Air Mati)
* Kwerba Mamberamo (Nopuk)
* Trimuris
...
, though clearly related.
References
*Clouse, Duane, Mark Donohue and Felix Ma. 2002. "Survey report of the north coast of Irian Jaya
OLAC resources in and about the Airoran language
Languages of western New Guinea
Kwerbic languages
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