Fore language
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Fore language is a Papuan language spoken by the Fore people of Papua New Guinea’s Eastern Highlands, known for its association with the study of the prion disease kuru.
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Papuan language
ⓘ
natural language ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
kuru
ⓘ
prion disease research ⓘ |
| continent | Oceania ⓘ |
| country | Papua New Guinea ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Forei
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Foré ⓘ |
| hasDomainOfUse |
home and community communication
ⓘ
local trade and interaction with neighboring groups ⓘ |
| hasNeighboringLanguage |
Gimi language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kamano language NERFINISHED ⓘ Yagaria language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive tone (reported)
ⓘ
simple consonant inventory (relative to neighboring Papuan languages) ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticStatus |
primarily oral language
ⓘ
used in traditional rituals ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerPopulationStatus | minority language ⓘ |
| hasTypology | SOV word order (subject–object–verb) ⓘ |
| iso639-3Code | for ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Trans–New Guinea languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | UTC+10 ⓘ |
| region | Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Fore people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Eastern Highlands Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Papua New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy | Fore communities in Okapa District ⓘ |
| usedIn |
anthropological studies of the Fore people
ⓘ
medical fieldwork on kuru ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
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