title: Kovojab language
text: # Kovojab language
  
  Kovojab (Kovojap, Kvolyab, Kopoyap) is a Bayono–Awbono language spoken in the highlands of Papua Province, Indonesia.
  
  All that is known of Kovojab is a few hundred words recorded in Wilbrink (2004). The Kovojab word list in Wilbrink (2004) was originally recorded by Peter Jan de Vries.
  
  ## Names
  
  Ethnologue gives the name Kvolyab as an alternative name for Awbono. However, Glottolog classifies Kovojab with Bayono rather than with Awbono.
  
  The name Kopoyap is given by Hischier (2006).
  
  