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Koro

Koro is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in India, by about 1,500 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.

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Koro · 27.2°N 92.6°E

Koro is a language spoken in Arunachal Pradesh, India. It is typically classified as a Sino-Tibetan language, and has some resemblances to Tani farther to the east. It has been argued that Koro is actually part of the Greater Siangic family, independent from but influenced by the Sino-Tibetan family. Koro is spoken by about 1,500 people in the Koro-Aka tribe who are found in East Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh, northeast India. Few speakers are under 20 years old. The majority of Koro speakers live in bilingual households in which one or more members speak Ako or another indigenous language rather than Koro. The Koro-Aka tribe lives among the Aka (Hruso) tribe. However, the Koro-Aka people speak a very distantly related language from the remaining Aka tribe who speak Hruso-Aka. Researchers hypothesize Koro may have originated from a group of people enslaved and brought to the area.

From Wikipedia · Koro language (India) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Koro

MeaningWordRomanization
personkepe*
nameniraN*
eye5iram*
earra*
nosekepe*
toothfi*
tonguesalE7*
handla*
bloodivi*
bone5ira*
skin5ipi*
kneebiSgo*
breastapu*
liverCufe*
watersi
firemila*
sunmini*
stardobre*
stonevuvu*
mountainvo*
treela*
leafnino*
dogekle*
fishNola*
lousefla*
oneeCe*
twokene*
Ine*
younuN*
weeme*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

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