North Asmat language

Asmat language spoken in Indonesia


title: "North Asmat language" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["asmat-kamoro-languages", "languages-of-western-new-guinea"] description: "Asmat language spoken in Indonesia" topic_path: "linguistics" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Asmat_language" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Asmat language spoken in Indonesia ::

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FieldValue
nameNorth Asmat
nativenameMumugu, Pupis, Eroko
statesIndonesia
regionPulau Tiga District and Sawa Erma District, Asmat Regency, South Papua
ethnicityAsmat people
speakers1,000
date1991
refe18
speakers2(population may include Keenok, a dialect of Central Asmat)
familycolorPapuan
fam1Trans–New Guinea
fam2Asmat–Kamoro
fam3Asmat
iso3nks
glottonort2917
glottorefnameMomogo-Pupis-Irogo
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| name = North Asmat | nativename = Mumugu, Pupis, Eroko | states= Indonesia | region = Pulau Tiga District and Sawa Erma District, Asmat Regency, South Papua | ethnicity = Asmat people | speakers = 1,000 | date = 1991 | ref = e18 | speakers2=(population may include Keenok, a dialect of Central Asmat) | familycolor = Papuan | fam1 = Trans–New Guinea | fam2 = Asmat–Kamoro | fam3 = Asmat | iso3 = nks | glotto = nort2917 | glottorefname = Momogo-Pupis-Irogo

North Asmat is a Papuan language of West New Guinea, spoken by the Asmat people. Dialects are Momogo (Mumugu), Pupis and Irogo (Eroko).

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