Kamoro language

The Kamoro language is an Asmat–Kamoro language spoken in Western New Guinea, specifically in Mimika Regency, Central Papua by approximately 8,000 people. Dialect diversity is notable, and Kamoro should perhaps not be considered a single language.^[2]

Kamoro
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Mimika Regency, Central Papua
Native speakers	(8,000 cited 1987)[1]
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Asmat–Kamoro Kamoro
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kgq
Glottolog	kamo1255

Varieties

'Dialects' are as follows.^[2]

• Yamur (far west around Yamur Lake and Etna Bay)
• Western (Japakòparè, Kéàkwa and Umari Rivers, 450 speakers in 1953)
• Tarjà (Opa River, 500 speakers in 1953)
• Middle (Wàkia river to the upper Mimika River, 4,300 speakers in 1953)
• Kàmora (Kàmora River, 400 speakers in 1953)
• Wània (Wània River 1,300 speakers in 1953)
• Mukumùga (Mukumùga river, 800 speakers in 1953)