Isirawa language

Isirawa language

Infobox Language
name=Isirawa
states=Indonesia
region=Papua
speakers=2,000
iso3=srl
familycolor=Papuan
family=may be isolate, or in Trans-New Guinea phylum
The Isirawa language is a language isolate in Malcolm Ross' classification of Papuan languages, and linked to the Dani languages within the Trans-New Guinea family by Stephen Würm. It is spoken by about two thousand people on the north coast of Papua province, Indonesia.

Pronouns

The Isirawa pronouns are,

:

External links

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=srl Ethnologue]


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