Orokolo language

Orokolo
Orokolo
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Ihu Rural LLG, Gulf Province
Native speakers	50,000 (2010)
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Eleman nuclear Eleman Western Orokolo; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	oro
Glottolog	orok1267

Orokolo is a Trans–New Guinea language spoken in Ihu Rural LLG, Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea by about 50,000 people (2010). Alternate names are Bailala, Haira, Kaipi, Kairu-Kaura, Muro, Muru, Vailala, and West Elema.^[2] It is spoken in various villages, including Vailala (7°56′44″S 145°25′40″E / 7.945571°S 145.427676°E / -7.945571; 145.427676 (Vailala East No.1)).^[3]

External links

Materials on Orokolo are included in the open access Arthur Capell collection (AC1) and Tom Dutton (TD1) collection held by Paradisec.

^ Orokolo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
^ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.

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