Senggi, or Viid, is a
Papuan language
The Papuan languages are the non-Austronesian and non- Australian languages spoken on the western Pacific island of New Guinea in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, as well as neighbouring islands, by around 4 million people. It is a strictly geogra ...
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 ...
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Papua. It is spoken in
Senggi village,
Senggi District,
Keerom Regency
Keerom Regency is one of the regencies (''kabupaten'') in the Papua Province of Indonesia. It was formed from the eastern districts then within Jayapura Regency with effect from 12 November 2002. It covers an area of 9,365 km2, and had a popu ...
.
References
*Galis, Klaas Wilhelm. 1956. ''Etnographische notities over het Senggi-gebied''. Gouvernement van Nederlands Nieuw-Guinea, Kantoor voor Bevolkingszaken. 34pp. (No. 86).
Border languages (New Guinea)
Languages of western New Guinea
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