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(Redirected from Koro language (New Guinea)) East Manus language For other uses, see Koro language (disambiguation).
Koro
Native toManus Province, Papua New Guinea
Regionnortheastern Manus Island and Los Negros Island immediately east
Native speakers(900 cited 1977–1983)
Language familyAustronesian
Language codes
ISO 639-3kxr
Glottologbowa1234
ELPPapitalai

The Koro language is an East Manus language spoken by approximately 900 people on northeastern Manus Island and on Los Negros Island to the east in Manus Province of Papua New Guinea. It has SVO word order.

References

  1. ^ Koro at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Languages of Papua New Guinea
Official languages
Major Indigenous
languages
Other Papuan
languages
Angan
Awin–Pa
Binanderean
Bosavi
Chimbu–Wahgi
New Ireland
Duna–Pogaya
East Kutubuan
East Strickland
Engan
Eleman
Ok–Oksapmin
Teberan
Tirio
Turama–Kikorian
Larger families
Sign languages
Admiralty Islands languages
Manus
Western
Intermediate
Eastern
Southeast
Western
Other
Austronesian languages
Formosan
Malayo-Polynesian
Western
Philippine
Greater Barito*
Greater North Borneo*
Celebic
South Sulawesi
Central
Eastern
SHWNG
Oceanic
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  • † indicates extinct status


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