Korowai (Kolufaup) is a
Trans-New-Guinean language spoken in
South Papua
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,
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. It is spoken by the
Korowai people who live along the
Becking River.
Notes
References
* ''The Korowai of Irian Jaya: Their Language in Its Cultural Context (Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics, 9)'' by Gerrit J. Van Enk & Lourens de Vries ().
*Hughes, Jock. 2009.
Upper Digul Survey'. SIL International.
Languages of western New Guinea
Becking–Dawi languages
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