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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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| :: |
| 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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