Kwerisa language

Endangered Lakes Plain language of Indonesia
Kwerisa
Taogwe
Native toIndonesia
RegionNew Guinea
Ethnicity130 ethnic population[1]
Native speakers
15 (2000)[1]
Language family
Lakes Plain
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    • Kwerisa
Language codes
ISO 639-3kkb
Glottologkwer1264
ELPKwerisa

Kwerisa, or Taogwe, is a nearly extinct Lakes Plain language of Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Most of the Kwerisa people have shifted to Kaiy, which is closely related.

References

  1. ^ a b Kwerisa at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
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