Adjora language explained

Adjora
Nativename:Abu
States:Papua New Guinea
Region:East Sepik Province
Speakers:4,200
Date:2000 census
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Papuan
Fam1:Ramu
Fam2:Grass
Fam3:Porapora
Iso3:ado
Glotto:abuu1241
Glottorefname:Abu
Map:Adjora (Abu) language map.svg
Also Known As:Adjoria, Azao
Dia1:Abu, Auwa, Sabu
Script:Latin
Mapcaption:Map of the region where Adjora is spoken, according to Ethnologue data.

Adjora (Adjoria, Azao) a.k.a. Abu is a Ramu language of Papua New Guinea.

A supposed dialect, Auwa, apparently with few speakers, may be a distinct language. One confirmed dialect, however, is Sabu, which is spoken in the northeast of the language's region.

Location

Adjora is spoken in the Madang and East Sepik provinces of Papua New Guinea, specifically between Angoram, Ramu, and Sepik rivers and in the northwest of Madang. It is used in approximately 22 villages.[1]

Sociolinguistics

Many Adjora words have been borrowed by Tayap, a nearby language isolate that is spoken just to the west of the Adjora area.[2] It is also closely related to the Waran language (also known as Banaro).

Most of its 4,200 speakers are Abu (3,380), though there are 820 Savunese speakers.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2024 . 2024 . Eberhard . David M. . Simons . Gary F. . Fennig . Charles D. . Abu on Ethnologue: Languages of the World . May 31, 2024 . Ethnologue: Languages of the World . SIL International . Dallas, Texas . en . 27.
  2. Book: A Grammar and Dictionary of Tayap: The Life and Death of a Papuan Language . Kulick . Don . Terrill . Angela . Pacific Linguistics 661 . Walter de Gruyter Inc. . 2019 . 9781501512209 . Boston/Berlin .