| Tause | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Papua,Central Papua (minority) |
Native speakers | 500 (2018)[1] |
Lakes Plain
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tad |
| Glottolog | taus1252 |
| ELP | Tause |
 Tause language distribution inCentral Papua andPapua | |
Tause, also known asDoa orDarha, is a poorly-knownPapuan language ofIndonesia spoken by approximately 500 people, mainly in Derapos village.[2]
The Tause only made contact with the outside world in 1982.
The Tause language has been widely reported to be related to the neighboringLakes Plain languages; however, this conclusion is based on little evidence.Ross (2005) placed Tause in hisEast Bird's Head – Sentani family, along with anotherlanguage isolate and two small families, but this was motivated more by an attempt to spark further research than an actual claim of relationship. Usher (2018) classifies it as the most divergent of the West Lakes Plain languages.
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