Koro language (New Guinea)

Not to be confused with Koro language (India) or Koro language (Vanuatu).
Koro
Native to Papua New Guinea
Region northeastern Manus Island, Manus Province
Native speakers
unknown (400 cited 1983)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 kxr
Glottolog koro1309[2]

The Koro language is an East Manus language spoken by approximately 400 people on northeastern Manus Island,[3] Manus Province of Papua New Guinea.[4] It has SVO word order.[4]

References

  1. Koro at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Koro (Papua New Guinea)". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  3. Ethnologue map of Manus Island, Koro is number 13
  4. 1 2 Ethnologue report for Koro


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