Koiwat

Facts

  • Language: Koiwat
  • Alternate names: Sawos
  • Language code: kxt
  • Language family: Sepik, Ndu (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: ~450
  • Vulnerability: Endangered
  • Script:

More information:

    Koiwat is included within Laycock's (1973) "Sawos language", which he admits may consist of multiple languages, noting that "no real dialect surveys have been undertaken". The classifications here follow the survey work of Staalsen (1975).