Koba language

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Koba
Region Aru Islands
Native speakers
870 (2011) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 kpd
Glottolog koba1240

Koba is a language spoken on the Aru Islands of eastern Indonesia. It is close to Dobel, though mutual comprehension is low.

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Tauri

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FC Senec

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Koba Shalamberidze is a Georgian professional football player who currently plays as a midfielder for Odra Wodzisław.

Bangka or Bangka Malay, is a Malayic language spoken in Indonesia, specifically on the Island of Bangka in the Bangka Belitung Islands of Sumatra. There are several dialects of Bangka Malay, including Mentok, Belinyu, Sungailiat, Koba, Toboali and Lom. The Lom community has lived separately from mainstream Malay and is known for refusing Islam. Bangka Malay has a distinct vocabulary, grammar and phonology from other Malayan languages.

<i>Koba the Dread</i>

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Ryohei Koba is a Japanese sport shooter. He was born in Kagoshima Prefecture. He won a bronze medal in 50 metre rifle three positions at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Koba was born in Kagoshima.

Lorang is an Austronesian language of the Aru Islands in eastern Indonesia. It is spoken in one village on Koba Island.

West African wild dog Subspecies of carnivore

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Tamara Koba is a Ukrainian former middle- and long-distance runner who competed for Ukraine and the Soviet Union. She was a gold medallist at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in 1980. Koba represented Ukraine at the World Championships in Athletics in 1995 and at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in 1994 and 1995.

Kapitaï and Koba

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Marcel Junior Loutarila, better known as Koba LaD, is a French rapper from Évry, Île-de-France. His name Koba is inspired from the fictional character in Planet of the Apes. "LaD" means 'la débrouille, la détaille, la défonce'. He is signed with Def Jam Recordings.

Peoples Party (Georgia)

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Koba (<i>Planet of the Apes</i>) Fictional character

Koba is a fictional character in the Planet of the Apes franchise, portrayed by Toby Kebbell. Following his brief introduction in Rise of the Planet of the Apes, where the character was portrayed by Christopher Gordon, Koba evolves into the main antagonist of the sequel, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, and reappears posthumously as a central antagonistic presence in War for the Planet of the Apes.

Prime Boys Canadian hip hop collective

Prime Boys are a Canadian hip hop collective based in Toronto, Ontario. The original group carnation consists of Jay Whiss, Jimmy Prime and Donnie and the trio released their debut studio album Koba World on July 27, 2018.

References

  1. Koba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)