Koro

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A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3
kxr
Alternate Names
Kara
User Population

1,730 (2015), decreasing. 1,250 in Lelemadih-Bupichupeu LLG (2011 census), 480 in Los Negros LLG (Cleary-Kemp 2015).

Location

Manus Province: Lele-Bupi LLG; Los Negros LLG.

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Language Status

7 (Shifting).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Admiralty Islands, Eastern, Manus, East
Dialects

Papitalai. 2 mutually intelligible dialects (Cleary-Kemp 2015).

Typology

SVO.

Language Use

Adults only. All shifting to Tok Pisin [tpi] (Cleary-Kemp 2014). Also use English [eng] (Cleary-Kemp 2014). Also use Loniu [los]. Used as L2 by Elu [elu], Idio [mft], Loniu [los].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Koro