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Edwas language

Edwas, or Beneraf, is a Papuan language of Indonesia. "Edwas", the name of a former village, is the native name; "Beneraf", the name of one of two current villages, is what the neighboring peoples and previously the Dutch use(d) for them. The ISO 639 standard confuses it with Bonerif, another language in the same family.

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Edwas
Beneraf
Native toIndonesia
RegionWest Papua
Native speakers
200 (2005)1
Foja Range (Tor–Kwerba)
Language codes
ISO 639-3bnv (all language codes used for both Edwas / Beneraf and Bonerif)
Glottologbone1255

Edwas, or Beneraf, is a Papuan language of Indonesia. "Edwas", the name of a former village, is the native name; "Beneraf", the name of one of two current villages, is what the neighboring peoples and previously the Dutch use(d) for them.2 The ISO 639 standard confuses it with Bonerif, another language in the same family.

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References

  1. Edwas at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. "Edwas". New Guinea World. Retrieved 2020-02-12.