Kafoa, or Jafoo, is a
Papuan language of
Alor Island
Alor ( id, Pulau Alor) is the largest island in the Alor Archipelago and is one of the 92 officially listed outlying islands of Indonesia. It is located at the eastern Lesser Sunda Islands that runs through southeastern Indonesia, which from ...
in the
Alor archipelago of
Indonesia. The name "Kafoa" is not recognized by speakers; it is not clear which name they use themselves. Kafoa speakers are frequently multilingual, also speaking
Malay
Malay may refer to:
Languages
* Malay language or Bahasa Melayu, a major Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore
** History of the Malay language, the Malay language from the 4th to the 14th century
** Indonesi ...
,
Klon and
Abui. Children are typically initially taught Malay by their parents and later acquire Kafoa after having reached school age.
Phonology
The data in this section are taken from Baird (2017).
Consonants
Vowels
External links
Kafoa untuk Selamanya (Indonesian-language film)Kafoaat The Language Archive
References
Alor–Pantar languages
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