Kowiai language

{{Short description|Austronesian language of New Guinea}} {{Infobox language |name = Kowiai |nativename = South Bomberai |states = Indonesia |region = Kaimana Regency |speakers = 600 |date=2000 |ref=e18 |familycolor = Austronesian |fam2 = Malayo-Polynesian |fam3 = Seram-Tanimbar-Bomberai |fam4 = Eastern Islands<ref>Grimes, Charles E. & Owen Edwards. 2026. The Austronesian languages of eastern Indonesia and Timor-Leste: Unravelling their prehistory and classification. Berlin: Language Science Press.</ref> |iso3 = kwh |glotto=kowi1239 |glottorefname=Kowiai }}

'''Kowiai''' (Kuiwai) is an Austronesian language of the Bomberai Peninsula in New Guinea. According to the Atlas of Languages of Intercultural Communication in the Pacific and Asia, Kowiai is spoken in the coastal regions between Arguni and Etna bay.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Wurm|first1=Stephen A.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lFW1BwAAQBAJ&q=Kowiai+language&pg=PA715|title=Atlas of Languages of Intercultural Communication in the Pacific, Asia, and the Americas: Vol I: Maps. Vol II: Texts|last2=Mühlhäusler|first2=Peter|last3=Tryon|first3=Darrell T.|date=2011-02-11|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|isbn=978-3-11-081972-4|language=en}}</ref>

==Distribution== Locations within Kaimana Regency:<ref name="Ronsumbre-2020">{{cite book |last=Ronsumbre |first=Adolof |year=2020 |title=Ensiklopedia Suku Bangsa di Provinsi Papua Barat |location=Yogyakarta |publisher=Penerbit Kepel Press |isbn=978-602-356-318-0}}</ref>

*Kaimana District: Namatota and Bicari villages *Buruwai District: Pulau Adi and Nusa Ulang villages *Teluk Etna District: Kayu Merah village *Niraran District: Trikora village *Coa District: Sowa village *Kroy District *Kaimana City

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Category:Central Malayo-Polynesian languages Category:Languages of Western New Guinea