Kafoa_language

Kafoa language

Kafoa language

Language in Indonesia

Kafoa, or Jafoo, is a Papuan language of Alor Island in the Alor archipelago of Indonesia. Although Kafoa speakers refer to both themselves and their language with the name "Kafoa", this word is not well known in the area.[2][3] Kafoa speakers are frequently multilingual, also speaking Malay, Klon and Abui. Children are typically initially taught Malay by their parents and later acquire Kafoa after having reached school age.[2]

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Phonology

The data in this section are taken from Baird (2017).[2]

Consonants

More information Bilabial, Alveolar ...

Vowels

More information Front, Central ...

References

  1. [1]
    "UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in danger". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  2. [2]
    Baird, Louise (2017). "Kafoa". In Schapper, Antoinette (ed.). The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 2. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 55–108.
  3. [3]
    Kafoa at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Closed access icon


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