Ekari language

Ekari language
Ekari
Mee
Spoken in Indonesia
Region Papua
Ethnicity Ekari
Native speakers 100,000  (1985)
Language family
Trans–New Guinea
  • West Trans–New Guinea
    • Paniai Lakes
      • Ekari
Language codes
ISO 639-3 ekg
view of Moanamani, Papua

Ekari (also Ekagi, Kapauku) is a Trans–New Guinea language spoken by about 100,000 people in the Paniai lakes region of the Indonesian province of Papua, including the villages of Mapia and Moanamani. This makes it the second-most populous Papuan language in Indonesian New Guinea after Western Dani. Language use is vigorous. Documentation is quite limited.

References

  • Doble, Marion. 1962. Essays on Kapauku grammar.. Nieuw Guinea Studiën 6.152-5, 211-8, 279-98.
  • Drabbe, Peter. 1952. Spraakkunst van het Ekagi, Wisselmeren, Nederlands Nieuw Guinea. Den Haag: Martinus Nijhoff.



Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Ekari people — The Mee are a people who inhabit West Papua on the Island of New Guinea. They speak the Ekagi language. External links society.guardian.co.uk This article about an ethnic group in Asia is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it …   Wikipedia

  • Ekari — ISO 639 3 Code : ekg ISO 639 2/B Code : ISO 639 2/T Code : ISO 639 1 Code : Scope : Individual Language Type : Living …   Names of Languages ISO 639-3

  • Trans-New Guinea languages — Infobox Language family name = Trans–New Guinea region = New Guinea, Nusa Tenggara, Maluku Islands family = hypothetical language family of Papuan languages. familycolor = Papuan child1 = Angan Awin Pa Binanderean Bosavi child2 = Central and… …   Wikipedia

  • Papuan languages — The distribution of the Papuan languages, in red. Tan is Austronesian, and grey the historical range of Australian. The Papuan languages are those languages of the western Pacific which are neither Austronesian nor Australian. The term does not… …   Wikipedia

  • Iwate-gun — Iwate (jap. 岩手郡, gun) ist ein Landkreis in der japanischen Präfektur Iwate. Am 1. Januar 2008 umfasste der Landkreis eine Fläche von 1.586,87 km²; die geschätzte Einwohnerzahl betrug 95.522, die Bevölkerungsdichte mithin circa 60 Einwohner/km².… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Numeral (linguistics) — This article is about the linguistic concept of words that represent numbers. For the mathematical notation for representing numbers of a given set, see Numeral system. In linguistics, number names (or numerals) are specific words in a natural… …   Wikipedia

  • List of lists of ethnic groups — The following is a list of lists of ethnic groups: By region * Africa ** North Africa ** Horn of Africa ** Sub Saharan Africa * Americas (indigenous) ** Brazil ** USA *** Alaska *** Hawaii ** Canada * Asia ** Southeast Asia *** Vietnam *** Laos… …   Wikipedia

  • ekg — ISO 639 3 Code of Language ISO 639 2/B Code : ISO 639 2/T Code : ISO 639 1 Code : Scope : Individual Language Type : Living Language Name : Ekari …   Names of Languages ISO 639-3

  • Langues par famille — Sommaire 1 Définition 2 Liste de langues 3 Liste abrégée 4 Liste 4.1 Langues dravidiennes …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Nayak (title) — Nayak, Nayaka, Nayakar, Nayakkar, Naik, Naiker, Naicker, Naickan, Naiken, Nayakkan, Naidu, Nayudu or Naidoo is a common title used by various caste and ethnic groups across India. They are all derivatives of the original Sanskrit Nayaka, meaning… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”