Alternate Names: Okwasar, Saberi, Saweri
Dialects: Eastern Isirawa, Western Isirawa. Reportedly similar to Kwerba ,. Dialects very similar.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 1,800 (Wurm 2000).
Language Use: Potentially endangered (2000 S. Wurm). Vigorous, but losing its trade language status to Indonesian [ind]; children are beginning to prefer Indonesian (Wurm 2007). Also use Indonesian [ind]. Used as L2 by Samarokena [tmj].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 5%–15%. NT: 2005.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Indonesia
Other Comments: Christian, traditional religion.