Koro language (Vanuatu)
| Koro | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Vanuatu |
| Region | Gaua |
Native speakers | 250 (2012)[1] |
|
Austronesian
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
krf |
| Glottolog |
koro1308[2] |
Koro is an Oceanic language spoken on Gaua island in Vanuatu. Its 280 speakers live in the village of Koro, on the south coast of Gaua.[3]
Koro is a distinct language from its immediate neighbours, Dorig (300 sp.) and Olrat (4 sp.).[4]
Phonology
Koro has 8 phonemic vowels. These include 7 monophthongs /i ɪ ɛ a ɔ ʊ u/ and one diphthong /ɛ͡a/.[5]
References
- ↑ François (2012): 88).
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Koro (Vanuatu)". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ François (2005:444)
- ↑ List of Banks islands languages.
- ↑ François (2005:445)
Bibliography
- François, Alexandre (2005), "Unraveling the History of the Vowels of Seventeen Northern Vanuatu Languages", Oceanic Linguistics 44 (2): 443–504, doi:10.1353/ol.2005.0034
- François, Alexandre (2012), "The dynamics of linguistic diversity: Egalitarian multilingualism and power imbalance among northern Vanuatu languages", International Journal of the Sociology of Language 214: 85–110, doi:10.1515/ijsl-2012-0022