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'''Kafoa''', or '''Jafoo''', is a [[Papuan language]] of [[Alor Island]] in the [[Alor archipelago]] of [[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.<ref name="Schapper" /><ref name=Ethnologue27>{{e27|kpu|Kafoa}}</ref> Kafoa speakers are frequently multilingual, also speaking [[Malay language|Malay]], [[Klon language|Klon]] and [[Abui language|Abui]]. Children are typically initially taught Malay by their parents and later acquire Kafoa after having reached school age.<ref name="Schapper">{{cite book |author1=Baird, Louise |editor1-last=Schapper |editor1-first=Antoinette |title=The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 2 |date=2017 |publisher=Walter de Gruyter |pages=55–108 |chapter=Kafoa}}</ref> |
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==Phonology== |
==Phonology== |
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Latest revision as of 18:48, 25 March 2024
| 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, 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]
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)
- Kafoa at The Language Archive
References[edit]
- ^ "UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in danger". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
- ^ a b c Baird, Louise (2017). "Kafoa". In Schapper, Antoinette (ed.). The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 2. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 55–108.
- ^ Kafoa at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)
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