Kafoa, or Jafoo, is a
Papuan language
The Papuan languages are the non- Austronesian and non- Australian languages spoken on the western Pacific island of New Guinea in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, as well as neighbouring islands, by around 4 million people. It is a strictly ge ...
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
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Gui ...
. 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,
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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