| Total population | |
|---|---|
| about 200.000 people.[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Indonesia (Central Papua and Highland Papua) | |
| Languages | |
| Lani language, Indonesian language | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity, animism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Yali, Dani |
The Lani are an indigenous people in Puncak, Central Papua and Lanny Jaya, Highland Papua, usually labelled 'Western Dani' by foreign missionaries, or grouped—inaccurately—with the Dani people who inhabit the Baliem Valley to the east.
Population
The total population of Lani tribes in the 1980s, as reported by Douglas Hayward in his book The Dani of Irian Jaya, Before and After Conversion was around 200,000 people.[1]
See also
References
- 1 2 Douglas James Hayward (1980). The Dani of Irian Jaya Before And After Conversion. Regions Press. ASIN B0007AW6B4.
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