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Kayagar
Wiyagar, Kaigar
Native toIndonesia
RegionSouth Papua
Native speakers(10,000 cited 1993)
Language familyTrans–New Guinea
Language codes
ISO 639-3kyt
Glottologkaya1328

Kayagar (Kajagar, Kaygi, Kaygir, Wiyagar) is a Papuan language spoken in South Papua. Wiyagar is spoken in Sigare Village, Kaitok Village and Yame Village in Assue District, Mappi Regency, While Kaigar is spoken in Amagais Village, Der Koumur District, Asmat Regency.

Further reading

  • Kriens, Ron, Randy Lebold and Jacqualine Menanti. 2011. Report on the Haju Subdistrict Survey in Papua, Indonesia. SIL International.
  • Krosschell, J. M. 1961. Samenvattend rapport over de detacheringsperiode aan de Casuarinenkust (Afdeling zuid-Nieuw-Guinea) . Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Ministerie van Koloniën: Kantoor Bevolkingszaken Nieuw-Guinea te Hollandia: Rapportenarchief, 1950–1962, nummer toegang 2.10.25, inventarisnummer 438.

References

  1. Kayagar at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Papuan language families
(Palmer 2018 classification)
Trans-New Guinea
subgroups
Central Papua, Indonesia
Southeast Papua, Indonesia
Southwest Papua New Guinea
Central Papua New Guinea
Papuan Peninsula
Eastern Nusantara
families and isolates
Bird's Head Peninsula
families and isolates
Northern Western New Guinea
families and isolates
Central Western New Guinea
families and isolates
Sepik-Ramu basin
families and isolates
Torricelli subgroups
Sepik subgroups
Ramu subgroups
Gulf of Papua and southern New Guinea
families and isolates
Bismarck Archipelago and Solomon Islands
families and isolates
Rossel Island
isolate
Proposed groupings
Proto-language

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