Citak or Kaunak is the Papuan language of Citak-Mitak subdistrict (Kecamatan), Mappi Regency, Indonesia. It is called by its speaker Kau Adagum (lit., Kau Language), Citak is an exonym from the tribe Auyu.[2] Tamnim Citak is a distinct dialect. Diuwe is unverified as a language.

Citak
Native toSouth Papua
RegionMappi Regency, South Papua, Indonesia
Native speakers
(8,000 cited 1985)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
txt – Citak
diy – Diuwe
tml – Tamnim Citak
Glottologcita1246
ELPDiuwe

References

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  1. ^ Citak at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Diuwe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Tamnim Citak at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Antoni, Alexander de (2010). ""Call Us Kau, Not Citak." Constitutive Factors for the Ethnic Consciousness of an Asmat Subgroup". Anthropos. 105 (2). Nomos Verlag: 411–422. doi:10.5771/0257-9774-2010-2-411. ISSN 0257-9774.