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Korafe-Yegha

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3: kpr

Population	3,630 (2003 SIL). A very few old women are monolingual. 2,755 in Korafe and 850 in Yegha live in the area.
Region	Oro Province, Tufi District, Cape Nelson headlands (fjord system).
Language map	Papua New Guinea, Map 17, reference number 762
Alternate names	Kailikaili, Kaire, Korafe, Korape, Korafi, Kwarafe
Dialects	Korafe, Yegha (Yega, Mokorua). Yega dialect is distinct from Yega dialect of Ewage-Notu [nou]. Gaina [gcn] may also be a dialect. Lexical similarity: 43% with Baruga [bjz], 61% with Ewage dialect of Ewage Notu [nou] (Dutton 1971).
Classification	Trans-New Guinea, Binanderean, Binandere
Language use	Positive attitude. Many also use English or Tok Pisin [tpi]. Some also use Police Motu [hmo].
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 75%–100%. Literacy rate in L2: 75%–100%. Grammar. NT: 1984.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	SOV. Fishermen; swidden agriculturalists.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Anonymous. 2011. Korafe Organised Phonology Data.  

FARR, Cynthia J., author. 1974. "Cultural collision: a Korafe search for identity."

FARR, Cynthia J., author. 1976. "I don’t know whether I’m coming or going: a study of some usages of ‘come’ and ‘go’ in Korafe."  

FARR, Cynthia J., author. 1993. "The switch reference clause chaining phenomenon from a Korafe perspective."

FARR, Cynthia J., author. 1996. The interface between syntax and discourse in Korafe: a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea.

FARR, Cynthia J., author. 1999. The interface between syntax and discourse in Korafe, a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea.

FARR, Cynthia J., author. Available: 2009; Created: 1981/12/1. Conjunction in Korafe.  

FARR, Cynthia J.; FARR, James B., authors. 1974. A preliminary Korafe phonology.  

FARR, Cynthia J.; FARR, James B., authors. 1975. "Some features of Korafe morphology."

FARR, Cynthia J.; FARR, James B., authors. 1980. Korafe (Northern Province).

FARR, Cynthia J.; FARR, James B., compilers. 2008. Korafe-Yegha da dikiseneri (The Korafe-Yegha dictionary).  

FARR, Cynthia J.; WHITEHEAD, Carl R., authors. 1981. "This, that, and the other: a study of Korafe demonstratives."

FARR, James B., author. 1980. "She kissed me and I fell asleep: the inter-clausal expression of efficient cause."  

FARR, James B., author. Available: 2008; Created: 1981. Getting rid of paragraph in Korafe: a practical use for the concept of focus spaces.  

HEALEY, Alan, editor. 1974. Three studies in languages of eastern Papua.

REESINK, Gerard P., author. 1994. "Domain-creating constructions in Papuan languages."

SHAW, R. Daniel, editor. 1974. Kinship studies in Papua New Guinea.

Vernacular Publications

Kiki aghata bamba. 1980.

Korafe irari da book. 1980.

Korafe irarida roera. 1979.

Korafe oka da book. 1983.

Korafe rika da book. 1980.

Korafe sino fuka da book. 1980.

Korafe tegore, buku dabako. 1978.

Namondeda gekai tegore. 1986.