- Asmat language
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Asmat Spoken in West Papua Ethnicity Asmat people Native speakers perhaps 20,000 Language family Trans–New Guinea- Asmat–Kamoro
- Asmat
Language codes ISO 639-3 variously:
asc – Casuarina Coast
cns – Central
nks – North
asy – YaosakorAsmat is a Papuan dialect cluster of West New Guinea.
The principal dialects, distinct enough to be considered separate languages, are:
- Casuarina Coast, also known as Kaweinag (subdialects Matia and Sapan~Safan)
- Central, also known as Jas~Yas or Manowee (subdialects Simai~Simay, Misman, Ajam~Ayam)
- North, also known as Keenok
- Yaosakor
Some of these may be closer to other Asmat languages like Citak, Kamoro, or Sempan than they are to each other, but their speakers identify themselves as Asmat.
Categories:- Asmat-Kamoro languages
- Languages of Papua New Guinea
- Papuan language stubs
- Asmat–Kamoro
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