Kombai language

Kombai
Kombai
Region	Boven Digoel Regency, New Guinea
Ethnicity	Kombai
Native speakers	(5,000 cited 1991–2002)
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Greater Awyu Awyu–Dumut Kombai; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; tyn – Kombai; wng – Wanggom
Glottolog	ndei1235

Kombai (Komboy) is a Papuan language of Boven Digoel Regency in Indonesian New Guinea. It is spoken by the Kombai people. Tayan is a dialect.

Ethnologue records a Wanggom language which is similar to Kombai. However, this has not been attested as a distinct language.^[2]

References

^ Kombai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Wanggom at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ *The Awyu–Ndumut languages in their linguistic and cultural context (University of Amsterdam)

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