Fore language
Kainantu-Goroka language of Papua New Guinea
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Fore or Foré (/ˈfɔːreɪ/ FOR-ay[2]) is a Kainantu-Goroka language spoken in the Goroka District of Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea.
| Fore | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Goroka District, Eastern Highlands Province |
| Ethnicity | Fore |
Native speakers | (30,000 cited 2000)[1] |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | for |
| Glottolog | fore1270 |
Phonology
The consonants of Fore are as follows:[3]
All the dental consonants can vary to alveolar, except /t̪/ which is always dental. /p/, /t̪/, and /k/ are pronounced as /b~β/, /ɾ~l/, and /g~ɣ/ between vowels, and /p~ɸ/, /t̪~t/, /k~x/ word initially/.[4] Velar consonants are labialized after rounded vowels. /j/ is often pronounced as a fricative /ʝ/.
Fore has six vowels:
It also has four diphthongs: ae, ao, ai, and au.
Fore has a pitch accent system. Each syllable is either accented or unaccented. Multiple accented syllables can occur in the same word, but they cannot be adjacent to each other.
External links
- Paradisec includes collections with Fore language materials
