They are surrounded by other peoples , most with even smaller populations , who speak unrelated languages .
The total population in 1936 , the year in which the Kwoma were studied by ethnographers , was less than a thousand ( in 2003 , three thousand ) .
ethnographers are surrounded by other peoples , most with even smaller populations , who speak unrelated languages .
The total population in 1936 , the year in which the Kwoma were studied by ethnographers , was less than a thousand ( in 2003 , three thousand ) .