Western Dani language

Western Dani language
Western Dani
Laani
Spoken in Highlands of Irian Jaya
Ethnicity Lani
Native speakers 180,000  (1993)
Language family
Trans–New Guinea
  • West Trans–New Guinea
Language codes
ISO 639-3 dnw

Western Dani, or Laani, is the most populous Papuan language in Indonesian New Guinea. The Swart Valley tribes are called Oeringoep and Timorini in literature from the 1920s, but those names are no longer used.



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