The Kaure-Kosare, or Nawa River, languages are a small family spoken along the Nawa River in West Papua, near the northern border with Papua New Guinea. The family comprises two languages, Kaure and Kosare.
Facts
Disputed
Proto-Language StatusFoley (2018) considers a connection between Kaure-Kosare and Trans-New Guinea to be promising but tentatively leaves the family independent pending further evidence. 1 Foley (2018) names Trans-New Guinea membership as a promising but unconfirmed hypothesis; Glottolog treats Kaure-Kosare as an independent family pending further evidence. Partially Attested
Speaker CountCombined estimate across the family's two languages: Kaure approximately 450 speakers (1995, cited here); Kosare approximately 250 speakers (1993, Wikipedia Kosare language, not separately cited in this pass). RegionNawa River, New Guinea, near the Papua New Guinea border 1 In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Africa, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Australia, found in there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Kaure-Kosare languages
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Nawa River, New Guinea
Classification section
Foley (2018) considers a connection with Trans-New Guinea to be promising, but tentatively leaves Kaure-Kosare out as an independent language family pending further evidence.
View the Source 2. Wikipedia: Kaure language
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(450 cited 1995)
Wikidata: Kaure-Kosare
Wikidata Q48767891, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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