Edwas language

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Edwas, or Beneraf, is a Papuan language of Indonesia. "Edwas", the name of a former village, is the native name; "Beneraf", the name of one of two current villages, is what the neighboring peoples and previously the Dutch use(d) for them.[2] The ISO 639 standard confuses it with Bonerif, another language in the same family.

Edwas
Beneraf
Native toIndonesia
RegionWest Papua
Native speakers
200 (2005)[1]
Foja Range (Tor–Kwerba)
Language codes
ISO 639-3bnv (all language codes used for both Edwas / Beneraf and Bonerif)
Glottologbone1255

References

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  1. ^ Edwas at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ "Edwas". New Guinea World. Retrieved 2020-02-12.