Kowiai (Kuiwai) is an
Austronesian language of the
Bomberai Peninsula
Bomberai Peninsula ( id, Semenanjung Bomberai), otherwise known as the Bird's Beak Peninsula ( id, Semenanjung Paruh Burung), is located in the Western New Guinea region, opposite to and to the south of the Bird's Head Peninsula. To the west lies ...
in New Guinea. According to the Atlas of Languages of Intercultural Communication in the Pacific and Asia, Kowiai is spoken in the coastal regions between Arguni and Etna bay.
Distribution
Locations within
Kaimana Regency
Kaimana Regency is a regency in the south of West Papua province of Indonesia. It covers an area of 18,500 sq. km, and had a population of 46,249 at the 2010 Census and 62,256 at the 2020 Census. The administrative centre is the town of Kaima ...
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*Kaimana District: Namatota and Bicari villages
*Buruwai District: Pulau Adi and Nusa Ulang villages
*Teluk Etna District: Kayu Merah village
*Niraran District: Trikora village
*Coa District: Sowa village
*Kroy District
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Kaimana
Kaimana is a small port town in West Papua, Indonesia and capital of the Kaimana Regency. It had a population of 13,613 at the 2010 Census.
In March 2007, the Indonesian Navy conducted a training exercise off the coast of Kaimana in Kaimana Bay. ...
City
References
Central Malayo-Polynesian languages
Languages of western New Guinea
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