Adjora language
{{Short description|Ramu language of Papua New Guinea}}
{{Infobox language
| name = 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
| altname = 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.{{Cite web |date=2024 |editor-last=Eberhard |editor-first=David M. |editor2-last=Simons |editor2-first=Gary F. |editor3-last=Fennig |editor3-first=Charles D. |title=Abu on Ethnologue: Languages of the World |url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/ado/ |access-date=May 31, 2024 |website=Ethnologue: Languages of the World |publisher=SIL International |place=Dallas, Texas |language=en |edition=27}}
Sociolinguistics
Many Adjora words have been borrowed by Tayap, a nearby language isolate that is spoken just to the west of the Adjora area.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VXWcDwAAQBAJ |title=A Grammar and Dictionary of Tayap: The Life and Death of a Papuan Language |last1=Kulick |first1=Don |last2=Terrill |first2=Angela |series=Pacific Linguistics 661 |publisher=Walter de Gruyter Inc. |year=2019 |isbn=9781501512209 |location=Boston/Berlin }}{{rp|350}} 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.
References
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External links
- [http://www.language-archives.org/language/ado OLAC resources in and about the Abu language]
- [http://globalrecordings.net/langcode/ado Listen to a sample of Abu from Global Recordings Network]
{{Languages of Papua New Guinea}}
{{Ramu–Lower Sepik languages}}
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Category:Languages of East Sepik Province
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