Also Known As:
Kora, Korana Hottentot, !Ora, Koranna, !Kora, Koraqua, Gorachouqua, !Gora
Dialects & Varieties
"Collection of sound files for inclusion in a dictionary of Korana and eventual integration with a corpus of heritage texts" HRELP Abstract
Du Plessis, Menan. 2011. ""Collection of Sound Files For Inclusion in a Dictionary of Korana and Eventual Integration with a Corpus of Heritage Texts" HRELP Abstract." Online: http://www.hrelp.org/grants/projects/index.php?projid=268.
Critically Endangered
60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
4
Native Speakers Worldwide
Transmission
Transmission 5
There are only a few elderly speakers.
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Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
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Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
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Location and Context
Countries
South Africa
Location Description
Around Bloemfontein and Kimberley
Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
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Number of Other Language Speakers:
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Domains of Other Languages:
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Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Recent Resources
The Wikipedia page for the Korana language, known otherwise as Khoemana.
Information on the Korana language as handwritten by Lucy Lloyd in her notebookm circa 1879.
A video about people in South Africa working to reclaim and re-awaken Korana language and culture.