Kovojab (Kovojap, Kvolyab, Kopoyap) is a
Bayono–Awbono language spoken in the highlands of Papua Province, Indonesia.
All that is known of Kovojab is a few hundred words recorded in Wilbrink (2004).
[Wilbrink, Ans (2004). ''The Kopkaka of Papua: Provisional notes on their language, its language affiliation and on the Kopkaka culture.'' MA thesis, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.] The Kovojab word list in Wilbrink (2004) was originally recorded by Peter Jan de Vries.
Names
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Ethnologue
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'' gives the name ''Kvolyab'' as an alternative name for
Awbono.
However,
Glottolog
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classifies Kovojab with
Bayono rather than with Awbono.
The name ''Kopoyap'' is given by Hischier (2006).
[Hischier, Phyllis (2006). ''Exploration of the Remote Kopayap and Urajin Areas in West Papua, Indonesia: A First Contact in Kopayap and Urajin''. Manuscript.]
References
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Bayono–Awbono languages