Kokoda language

Kokoda
Emeyode
Native toSouthwest Papua, Indonesia
RegionKokoda District, South Sorong Regency, Bird's Head Peninsula
EthnicityKokoda
Native speakers
(3,700 cited 1991)
Dialects
  • Negeri Besar (Kokoda)
  • Kasuweri (Komudago)
  • Tarof
  • Yamueti
Language codes
ISO 639-3xod
Glottologkoko1265

Kokoda is a Papuan language of the Bird's Head Peninsula spoken by the Kokoda (Emeyode) people of Kokoda District, South Sorong Regency, Southwest Papua. The four dialects — Kokoda proper, Kasuweri, Tarof, and Yamueti — are divergent enough to sometimes be considered separate languages.