The Kol language is a language spoken in eastern
New Britain island,
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n ...
. There are about 4000 speakers in
Pomio District of
East New Britain Province, mostly on the southern side of New Britain island.
Kol appears to be a
language isolate, though it may be distantly related to the poorly attested
Sulka language or form part of the proposed
East Papuan languages.
Phonology
Consonants
/b, r/ can be realized as
², das intervocalic allophones. /r/ is pronounced as
when following a nasal consonant.
Vowels
Kol displays vowel length contrast.
Vocabulary
The following basic vocabulary words are from SIL field notes (1962, 1981), as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database:
:
See also
*
East Papuan languages
References
External links
Kol language word list at TransNewGuinea.org
{{Languages of Papua New Guinea
East Papuan languages
Language isolates of New Guinea
Languages of East New Britain Province