The language has an SOV[clarification needed] constituent order and nominative–accusative alignment.
Verbs are inflected for status (mood) rather than for tense or aspect.
[3][4] Baron (2007) lists Kwomtari-speaking villages as Mango, Kwomtari, Baiberi, Yenabi, Yau'uri, and Wagroni.
The unusual vowel phonemes /i̞/ and /u̞/ are of intermediate height between cardinal [i]/[u] and [e]/[o] respectively but without the centralization present in [ɪ] and [ʊ].
They have also been attested in Weri, a Goilalan language of south-east Papua, and certain Dani dialects.