Citak language

Citak or Kaunak is the Papuan language of Citak-Mitak subdistrict (Kecamatan), Mappi Regency, Indonesia. It is called by its speaker Kau Adagum (lit., Kau Language), Citak is an exonym from the tribe Auyu.[2] Tamnim Citak is a distinct dialect. Diuwe is unverified as a language.

Citak
Native toSouth Papua
RegionMappi Regency, South Papua, Indonesia
Native speakers
(8,000 cited 1985)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
txt  Citak
diy  Diuwe
tml  Tamnim Citak
Glottologcita1246
ELPDiuwe

References

  1. Citak at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Diuwe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Tamnim Citak at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Antoni, Alexander de (2010). ""Call Us Kau, Not Citak." Constitutive Factors for the Ethnic Consciousness of an Asmat Subgroup". Anthropos. Nomos Verlag. 105 (2): 411–422. doi:10.5771/0257-9774-2010-2-411. ISSN 0257-9774.


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