Kofei language

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Kofei is a Papuan language of the Indonesian province of Papua, on the eastern shore of Cenderawasih Bay.

Kofei
RegionIndonesian Papua
Native speakers
100 (2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3kpi
Glottologkofe1239
ELPKofei
Kofei is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Kofei is lexically similar to the East Geelvink Bay languages and presumably belongs in that family, but is too poorly attested to be sure.

References

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  1. ^ Kofei at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)