| Samarokena | |
|---|---|
| Tamaja | |
| Region | Papua |
Native speakers | (400 cited 1982)[1] |
Foja Range
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tmj |
| Glottolog | sama1240 |
Samarokena (Samarkena, Karfasia, Tamaja ~ Tamaya) is a poorly documentedPapuan language spoken inIndonesian Papua.
Samarokena is spoken in Karfasia, Maseb, Samarkena, and Tamaya villages.[2]
Wurm (1975) linked it to theKwerba languages, butRoss (2005) could not find enough evidence to classify it. Donahue (2002) found that the pronouns correspond closely to those ofAiroran, though both are divergent from the Kwerba languages of the interior.
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