Doromu language

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Doromu
Doromu-Koki
Native to Papua New Guinea
Region Central Province
Native speakers
2000 (2018) [1]
Dialects
  • Doromu
  • Koki
Language codes
ISO 639-3 kqc
Glottolog doro1266

Doromu, or Doromu-Koki, is a Manubaran language spoken in the "Bird's Tail" of Papua New Guinea. Doromu has about 1,500 native speakers with half of them living in the capital, Port Moresby. It has three varieties: Koki, Kokila and Koriko. [2]

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Phonology

Doromu has 17 phonemes: 12 are consonants and 5 are vowels. [3]

Consonants

Below is a chart of Doromu consonants.

Table of consonant phonemes of Doromu
Labial Coronal Velar
Stop bdqg
Nasal mn
Fricative fβs
Tap ɾ
Approximant j

Vowels

Below is a chart of Doromu vowels.

Doromu Vowels
Front Back
High iu
Mid ɛ[ɛ][e]o
Low a

Orthography

From March 18 to March 25 of 2002 in Kasonomu village the current orthography was developed during the Doromu Alphabet Design Workshop. The orthography developed from this workshop were discussed with various areas in the language group and were agreed upon. One problem was how borrowed words with letters not contained in the Doromu orthography would be dealt with. The proposed solution from the native speakers was to spell the loan words as they are spelled in their original language.

[4]
Uppercase lettersABDEFGIKMNORSTUVY
Lowercase lettersabdefgikmnorstuvy
IPA /a//b//d//ɛ//f//ɡ//i//k//m//n//o//ɾ//s//t//u//ʋ//j/

Verbs

In Doromu verbs may have suffixes, which affect tense, aspect, mood, or switch reference.

Tense affixes

Past Tense

Present Tense

Past Tense

Colors

Below is a table of the names of different colors in Doromu.

DoromuEnglish
blublue
borayellow, orange
braunbrown
feowhite
gabublack, blue, brown
kakared, purple
vegugreen

The words 'blu' and 'braun' are borrowed from another language. The word 'kaka' can also mean ripe. While 'vegu' is also a noun which means 'life'. 'Kamaidaforo' is the word meaning 'colorful, attractive, glittery, sparkling'.

Numbers

EnglishDoromuLiteral Meaning
oneyokoi
tworemanu
threeregode
fourvana rarohand line
fivevana berou autuhand side empty
sixvana berou autu yokoi makahand side empty one only
sevenvana berou autu remanuhand side empty two
eightvana berou autu regodehand side empty three
ninevana berou autu vana rarohand side empty hand line
tenvana ufohand clap (two hands together)

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References

  1. Doromu at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed Access logo transparent.svg
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Doromu-Koki". Glottolog 3.0 . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. Bradshaw, Robert (2012). Data Papers on Papua New Guinea Languages Doromu-Koki Grammar Sketch. SIL-PNG Academic Publications Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea.
  4. Bradshaw, Robert (25 June 2002). "Orthography and Phonology Description" (PDF). SIL International.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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