Koro language (New Guinea)

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Koro
Native to Manus Province, Papua New Guinea
Regionnortheastern Manus Island and Los Negros Island immediately east
Native speakers
(900 cited 1977–1983) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 kxr
Glottolog bowa1234  Manus Koro
ELP Papitalai

The Koro language is an East Manus language spoken by approximately 900 people on northeastern Manus Island and on Los Negros Island to the east in Manus Province of Papua New Guinea. It has SVO word order. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Koro at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)