Iwal (also called Kaiwa from Jabêm Kai Iwac Iwac highlanders) is an Austronesian language spoken by about 1900 people from nine villages in Morobe Province Papua New Guinea (Cobb & Wroge 1990). Although it appears most closely related to the South Huon Gulf languages it is the most conservative member of its subgroup.
ISO 639-3 code
kbm
family
Malayo-Polynesian languages, North New Guinea languages, Oceanic languages, Western Oceanic languages
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