Wolani language

Wolani
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Papua
Ethnicity	Wolani
Native speakers	5,000 (1992)^[1]
Language family	Trans–New Guinea West Trans–New Guinea Paniai Lakes Wolani
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`wod`
Glottolog	`wola1243`^[2]

Wolani (Wodani) is a Papuan language spoken by about 5,000 people in the Paniai lakes region of the Indonesian province of Papua. It is related to the Moni, Ekari, Auye, and Dao languages and may be related to the Dani languages. Documentation is quite limited.

References

↑ Wolani at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Wolani". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Doble, Marion. 1962. Essays on Kapauku grammar.. Nieuw Guinea Studiën 6.152-5, 211-8, 279-98.
Drabbe, Peter. 1952. Spraakkunst van het Ekagi, Wisselmeren, Nederlands Nieuw Guinea. Den Haag: Martinus Nijhoff.

West Trans–New Guinea languages

Dani	Grand Valley Dani Hupla Nduga Nggem Silimo Walak Wano Western Dani Yali

Paniai Lakes	Auye Dao Ekari Moni Wolani

West Bomberai	Baham Karas Iha

East Timor	Fataluku Makalero Makasai Oirata Rusenu

Alor–Pantar	Abui Adang Blagar Kafoa Kamang Klon Kui Kula Retta Sawila Wersing

Others	Bunak Kaera Nedebang Teiwa Western Pantar

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Wolani language

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