Kafoa language
Kafoa, or Jafoo, is a Papuan language of Alor Island in the Alor archipelago of Indonesia. Although Kafoa speakers refer to both themselves and their language with the name "Kafoa", this word is not well known in the area. Kafoa speakers are frequently multilingual, also speaking Malay, Klon and Abui. Children are typically initially taught Malay by their parents and later acquire Kafoa after having reached school age.
Kafoa | |
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Jafoo | |
Native to | Indonesia |
Region | Alor Island, East Nusa Tenggara |
Native speakers | 1,000 (2013) |
Trans–New Guinea ?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | kpu |
Glottolog | kafo1240 |
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