Orokolo

Orokolo

language
name=Orokolo
states=Papua New Guinea
region=Gulf Province
speakers=13,000
familycolor=Papuan
fam1=Trans-New Guinea
fam2=Eleman
fam3=Eleman Proper
fam4=Western Eleman Proper
iso2=paa|iso3=oro|notice=nonotice

Orokolo is a Trans-New Guinea language spoken in Papua New Guinea by about 13,000 people (1977).


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