Kafoa language

Kafoa
Kafoa
Jafoo
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Alor Island, East Nusa Tenggara
Native speakers	1,000 (2013)
Language family	Trans–New Guinea ? West Bomberai ? Timor–Alor–Pantar Alor–Pantar Alor ? Kafoa; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kpu
Glottolog	kafo1240

Kafoa, or Jafoo, is a Papuan language of Alor Island in the Alor archipelago of Indonesia. The name "Kafoa" is not recognized by speakers; it is not clear which name they use themselves. 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[]

The data in this section are taken from Baird (2017).^[2]

Consonants[]

**Consonant phonemes**
	Labial		Alveolar		Palatal	Velar		Glottal
Plosive	p	b	t	d		k	g
Fricative	f		s					h
Nasal		m		n		ŋ <ng>
Approximant		w			j <y>
Rhotic				r
Lateral				l

Vowels[]

**Vowel phonemes**
	Front		Central		Back
High	i	iː			u	uː
				ʊ	ʊ:
						o
Mid
	ɛ	ɛː				ɔː
Low			a	aː

External links[]

Kafoa untuk Selamanya (Indonesian-language film)
Kafoa at The Language Archive

References[]

^ "UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in danger". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Baird, Louise (2017). "Kafoa". In Schapper, Antoinette (ed.). The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 2. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 55–108.

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[1] "UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in danger". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2018-06-06.

[Schapper-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Baird, Louise (2017). "Kafoa". In Schapper, Antoinette (ed.). The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 2. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 55–108.

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