Kowiai

KWH

threatened

Alternate Names: Adi, Aiduma, Kaiwai, Kajumerah, Kayumerah, Koiwai, Kuiwai, Namatota, Namatote

Dialects: Adijaya, Keroi, Namatota.

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
South Bomberai

Demographics: 600 (2000 SIL).

Language Use: Potentially endangered (2000 S. Wurm) but also not endangered. Positive attitudes. Also use Indonesian [ind], Papuan Malay [pmy]. Used as L2 by Mairasi [zrs].

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Indonesia

Other Comments: Muslim.