Nakai language

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Nakai
Native toIndonesia
RegionPapua
Native speakers
(700 cited 1999)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3nkj
Glottolognaka1265
ELPNakai

Nakai [na'ʁaj][2] is an Ok language of West Papua. Two of the three dialects, which pronounce the ethnonym Nagi, may be a distinct language.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Nakai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ "Upper Digul Survey". SIL International. 2022-09-15. Retrieved 2024-03-13.