Adjora language
Adjora (Adjoria, Azao) a.k.a. Abu is a Ramu language of Papua New Guinea.
| Adjora | |
|---|---|
| Abu | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | East Sepik Province |
Native speakers | 4,200 (2000 census)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ado |
| Glottolog | abuu1241 |
| ELP | Abu[2] |
A supposed dialect, Auwa, apparently with few speakers, may be a distinct language.
Sociolinguistics
Many Adjora words have been borrowed by Tayap, a nearby language isolate that is spoken just to the west of the Adjora area.[3]:350
References
- Adjora at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Endangered Languages Project data for Abu.
- Kulick, Don; Terrill, Angela (2019). A Grammar and Dictionary of Tayap: The Life and Death of a Papuan Language. Pacific Linguistics 661. Boston/Berlin: Walter de Gruyter Inc. ISBN 9781501512209.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
External links
- OLAC resources in and about the Abu language
- Listen to a sample of Abu from Global Recordings Network
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