DESCRIPTIVE NOTES ON THE KIWAI PAPUANS. 



Habitation and Language. The Kiwai speaking Papuans inhabit Kiwai island 

 and some other islands in the delta of the Fly river, a couple of villages on the left 

 bank of the river, the right bank near the mouth, and the coast west of the river, 

 including Mâbudavâne village. The neighbouring tribes in the west and north speak 

 languages totally diiïerent from Kiwai, whilst along the coast eastward of the Kiwai 

 territory dialects are spöken which show an unmistakable relation to Kiwai. The Kiwai 

 language itself is divided into two related dialects, one of which is spöken on Kiwai 

 island and the other on the mainland, for instance in the village of Mawâta. The 

 vocabularies of the two dialects are somewhat ditferent, and also the pronunciation ; thus 







Kiwai woman. 



Man wearing his bair in old-tashioned tresses. 



ïom. XLVIl. 



