Koro (Vanuatu)
Classification: Austronesian
·endangered
- PLACES
- Vanuatu
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
Banks Islands (Gaua)
Language metadata
Not to be confused with Koro [jkr] spoken in India, or Koro [kfo] spoken in Côte d'Ivoire.
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Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Northern Vanuatu |
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ISO 639-3 |
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krf |
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Language information by source
Compare Sources (6)
Information from: “Personal Communication on Languages of Vanuatu” . Alex Francois (2014)
Information from: “Personal Communication on Languages of Vanuatu” . Alex Francois (2014)
Information from: “Australia and the Pacific” (424-557) . Stephen A Wurm (2007) Routledge
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In 1983, 105 speakers were reported. There may well be fewer today.
- OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
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Lakona
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Numa
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Ambae West
- LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS
pressure from larger related languages on the island such as the Lakona and Numa languages, and from the very much larger Ambae West (or Opa) on West Ambae (or Aoba) Island to the south of Gaua Island
- More on Orthography
No literacy in language
- PLACES
- Banks Islands, Vanuatu
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
Santa Maria (or Gaua) Island