Damal

UHN

threatened

Alternate Names: Amung, Amung Kal, Amungme, Amuy, Enggipiloe, Hamung, Oehoendoeni, Uhunduni

Dialects: Amongme, Amung, Damal, Enggipilu. Related to Ekari ,, Moni ,, and Wolani ,.

Genealogy:

Trans-New Guinea
Damal

Demographics: 14,000 (Wurm 2000).

Language Use: Potentially endangered (2000 S. Wurm). Children are beginning to prefer Indonesian [ind] (Wurm 2007). Used as L2 by Nduga [ndx].

Language Development: NT: 1988.

Typology: Tonal.

Nation of Origin: Indonesia

Other Comments: Christian.