Koro language (Papua New Guinea)

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Koro is an Oceanic language of the Admiralty Islands group spoken in Papua New Guinea, known for its complex Austronesian grammatical features and limited speaker community.

All labels observed (3)

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Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Oceanic language
language
basicWordOrder SVO
continent Oceania
country Papua New Guinea
endangerment threatened
family Austronesian
geneticClassification Austronesian > Malayo-Polynesian > Oceanic > Admiralty Islands
hasFeature complex Austronesian grammatical features
limited speaker community
hasNeighboringLanguages other Admiralty Islands Oceanic languages
hasSpeakersIn Manus Province
isAustronesian true
ISO639Status has limited documentation
isOceanic true
isPartOf Admiralty Islands languages
languageBranch Oceanic languages
languageFamily Austronesian languages
languageGroup Admiralty Islands group
linked to: Admiralty Islands
macroregion Manus Province
morphologyType agglutinative
region Admiralty Islands
spokenIn Admiralty Islands
Papua New Guinea
status minority language
vulnerable language
subfamily Oceanic
subfamilyOf Admiralty Islands languages
typologicalClass head-marking language
useDomain local community communication
oral tradition
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Admiralty Islands languages hasMember Koro language (Papua New Guinea)
Banks Islands hasNotableLanguage Koro language (Banks Islands)
linked to: Koro language (Papua New Guinea)
Manus people traditionalLanguage Koro language (Manus Province)
linked to: Koro language (Papua New Guinea)
Koro (Gaua) language isDistinctFrom Koro language (Papua New Guinea)