Duvle (Sikwari) is a
Lakes Plain language
The Lakes Plain languages are a family of Papuan languages, spoken in the Lakes Plain of Indonesian New Guinea. They are notable for being heavily tonal and for their lack of nasal consonants.
Classification
The Lakes Plain languages were tenta ...
of the
Papua,
Indonesia
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. It is spoken in Dagai village in Dagai District,
Puncak Jaya Regency
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.
Variant spellings are ''Duvde, Duve, Duvele, Duvre.'' It is also known as ''Wiri''.
A Duvle-based
pidgin
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is used with speakers of
Wano
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Hist ...
as well.
References
Duvle–East Lakes Plain languages
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