Koro is an Oceanic language spoken on Gaua island in Vanuatu. Its 280 speakers live in the village of Koro, on the south coast of Gaua..
Koro is a distinct language from its immediate neighbours, Dorig (300 sp.) and Olrat (4 sp.).List of Banks islands languages.
Name The name Koro, spelled natively as , is an endonym referring to the village.
Phonology Koro has eight phonemic vowels. These include seven monophthongs and one diphthong ..
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The diphthong is spelled as .
Grammar The system of personal pronouns in Koro contrasts clusivity, and distinguishes four numbers (singular, dual, trial, plural).François (2016).
Spatial reference in Koro is based on a system of geocentric (absolute) directionals, which is typical of Oceanic languages.François (2015).
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External links Linguistic map of north Vanuatu, showing range of Koro on Gaua. Audio recordings in the Koro language, in open access, by A. François (Pangloss Collection).