Duvle | |
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Native to | Indonesia |
Region | Dagai village in Dagai District, Puncak Jaya Regency, Papua |
Native speakers | 930 (2000)[1] |
Lakes Plain
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | duv |
Glottolog | duvl1242 |
Duvle (Sikwari) is a Lakes Plain language of the Papua, Indonesia. It is spoken in Dagai village in Dagai District, Puncak Jaya Regency.[2]
Variant spellings are Duvde, Duve, Duvele, Duvre. It is also known as Wiri.
A Duvle-based pidgin is used with speakers of Wano as well.
Duvle-Wano Pidgin | |
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Native speakers | None |
Duvle-based pidgin | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | None (mis ) |
Glottolog | duvl1238 |
References
[edit]- ^ Duvle at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Clouse, Duane A. (1997). "Towards a reconstruction and reclassification of the Lakes Plain languages of Irian Jaya". In Karl Franklin (ed.). Papers in Papuan linguistics no. 2 (PDF). Vol. A-85. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. pp. 133–236. ISBN 0858834421.