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Papunesia · ISO 639-3 kwo · Glottocode nucl1593

Kwomtari

The dataset describes Kwomtari as a member of the Kwomtari-Nai family, with shifting status, recorded in one source country and likely written in Latin.

Language family
Kwomtari-Nai
Likely script
Latin (Latn)
Source status
shifting
Macroarea
Papunesia
Source country codes
PG
Reference point
-3.507, 141.488

Open research question

How do speakers of Kwomtari describe their varieties, relationships to place, and priorities for documentation or revitalisation?

This question is an assignment for later subject and community-proximate source review, not a claim about a uniform cultural worldview.

Scholarly boundary

The map point is a Glottolog reference point, not a language-area boundary. The script field is a likely Unicode CLDR assignment, not a complete history of orthography. Information on endangerment and countries follows the linked source data and does not replace current local assessment.