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Language of Papua, Indonesia
Duvle
Native toIndonesia
RegionDagai village in Dagai District, Puncak Jaya Regency, Papua
Native speakers930 (2000)
Language familyLakes Plain
  • Duvle–East
    • Duvle
Language codes
ISO 639-3duv
Glottologduvl1242

Duvle (Sikwari) is a Lakes Plain language of the Papua, Indonesia. It is spoken in Dagai village in Dagai District, Puncak Jaya Regency.

Variant spellings are Duvde, Duve, Duvele, Duvre. It is also known as Wiri.

A Duvle-based pidgin is used with speakers of Wano as well.

Duvle-Wano Pidgin
Native speakersNone
Language familyDuvle-based pidgin
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologduvl1238

References

  1. Duvle at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Clouse, Duane A. (1997). "Towards a reconstruction and reclassification of the Lakes Plain languages of Irian Jaya". In Karl Franklin (ed.). Papers in Papuan linguistics no. 2 (PDF). Vol. A-85. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. pp. 133–236. ISBN 0858834421.
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