Central Asmat language

Central Asmat is a Papuan language of West New Guinea, spoken by the Asmat people.

Central Asmat
Native toIndonesia
RegionAsmat Regency, South Papua
EthnicityAsmat people
Native speakers
(7,000 cited 1972)[1]
2,000 Yaosakor (1991), perhaps counted above
Language codes
ISO 639-3cns – inclusive code
Individual code:
asy  Yaosakor Asmat
Glottologcent2247

Dialects

Central Asmat has a number of dialects, which are:[2]

  • Keenok
  • Sokoni
  • Keenakap
  • Kawenak (subdialects: Simai, Kainak, Mismam, Mecemup)

Yaosakor Asmat, assigned its own ISO code, is a variety of Central Asmat, not a distinct language.

References

  1. Central Asmat at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Yaosakor Asmat at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Usher, Timothy; Suter, Edgar (2020). "The Asmat-Muli Languages of Southwestern New Guinea" (PDF). Language & Linguistics in Melanesia. Port Moresby: Journal of the Linguistic Society of Papua New Guinea. 38. ISSN 0023-1959.
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