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Ekari language information


Ekari
Mee
Native toIndonesia
RegionPapua
EthnicityEkari
Native speakers
(100,000 cited 1985)[1]
Language family
Trans–New Guinea
  • West Trans–New Guinea
    • Paniai Lakes
      • Ekari
Language codes
ISO 639-3ekg
Glottologekar1243
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A view of Moanemani, Papua

Ekari (also Ekagi, Kapauku, Mee) is a Trans–New Guinea language spoken by about 100,000 people in the Paniai lakes region of the Indonesian province of Central Papua, including the villages of Enarotali, Mapia and Moanemani. This makes it the second-most populous Papuan language in Indonesian New Guinea after Western Dani. Language use is vigorous. Documentation is quite limited.

  1. ^ Ekari at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon

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