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Kowan languages

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Kowan
Isumrud Strait
Geographic
distribution
Isumrud Strait, Madang Province
Linguistic classificationNortheast New Guinea?
Subdivisions
Language codes
Glottologkowa1247

The Kowan languages are a small family of languages spoken in the Adelbert Range area of Madang Province, Papua New Guinea, and first identified by Malcolm Ross.

The languages are Waskia, with 20,000 speakers, and Korak, with 500.

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