Citak language

{{Short description|Trans–New Guinea language spoken in Indonesia}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Citak

| states = Indonesia (South Papua)

| region = Mappi Regency, South Papua, Indonesia

| speakers = {{sigfig|8,390|1}}

| date = 1985

| ref = e18

| familycolor = Papuan

| fam1 = Trans–New Guinea

| fam2 = Central and South New Guinea

| fam3 = Asmat–Kamoro

| fam4 = Asmat

| lc1 = txt

| ld1 = Citak

| lc2 = diy

| ld2 = Diuwe

| lc3 = tml

| ld3 = Tamnim Citak

| glotto = cita1246

| glottorefname = Citak Asmat

| ELP = 4085

| ELPname = Diuwe

| ethnicity = Citak

| nativename = {{lang|txt|Kau Adagum}}

}}

Citak or Kaunak is the Papuan language of Citak-Mitak subdistrict (Kecamatan), Mappi Regency, Indonesia. It is called by its speakers Kau Adagum ({{lit}}, Kau Language), Citak is an exonym from the tribe Auyu.{{cite journal | last=Antoni | first=Alexander de | title=“Call Us Kau, Not Citak.” Constitutive Factors for the Ethnic Consciousness of an Asmat Subgroup | journal=Anthropos | publisher=Nomos Verlag | volume=105 | issue=2 | year=2010 | issn=0257-9774 | doi=10.5771/0257-9774-2010-2-411 | pages=411–422}} Tamnim Citak is a distinct dialect. Diuwe is unverified as a language.