Kafoa language
| Kafoa | |
|---|---|
| Jafoo | |
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Alor Island,East Nusa Tenggara |
Native speakers | 1,000 (2013)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kpu |
| Glottolog | kafo1240 |
Kafoa,orJafoo,is aPapuan languageofAlor Islandin theAlor archipelagoofIndonesia.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 speakingMalay,KlonandAbui.Children are typically initially taught Malay by their parents and later acquire Kafoa after having reached school age.[2]
Phonology[edit]
The data in this section are taken from Baird (2017).[2]
Consonants[edit]
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ⟨ng⟩ | |||
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | ||
| voiced | b | d | ɡ | |||
| Fricative | f | s | h | |||
| Semivowel | w | j⟨y⟩ | ||||
| Liquid | lateral | l | ||||
| rhotic | r | |||||
Vowels[edit]
| Front | Central | Back | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | iː | u | uː | ||
| ʊ | ʊː | |||||
| o | ||||||
| Mid | ||||||
| ɛ | ɛː | ɔː | ||||
| Low | a | aː | ||||
External links[edit]
- Kafoa untuk Selamanya (Indonesian-language film)
- Kafoaat The Language Archive
References[edit]
- ^"UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in danger".unesco.org.Retrieved2018-06-06.
- ^abcBaird, Louise (2017). "Kafoa". In Schapper, Antoinette (ed.).The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 2.Walter de Gruyter. pp. 55–108.
- ^KafoaatEthnologue(27th ed., 2024)
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