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Samarokena language

Samarokena language

Language

Samarokena (Samarkena, Karfasia, Tamaja ~ Tamaya) is a poorly documented Papuan language spoken in Indonesian Papua.

Quick Facts Region, Native speakers ...

Samarokena is spoken in Karfasia, Maseb, Samarkena, and Tamaya villages.[2]

Wurm (1975) linked it to the Kwerba languages, but Ross (2005) could not find enough evidence to classify it. Donahue (2002) found that the pronouns correspond closely to those of Airoran, though both are divergent from the Kwerba languages of the interior.

References

  1. [1]
    Samarokena at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. [2]
    Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Indonesia languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
  • Clouse, Duane, Mark Donohue and Felix Ma. 2002. "Survey report of the north coast of Irian Jaya."


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