Doromu-Koki | Ethnologue

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639: kqc
Alternate Names: Dorom, Doromu, Koki
Autonym: Doromu-Koki
Population: 2,000 (2018 SIL).
Location:: Central province: Inland Rigo district, south of Mount Obree, west of Mount Brown.
Language Status: 5 (Developing).
Classification: Trans-New Guinea, Southeast Papuan, Manubaran
Dialects: Koki, Kokila, ’Origo. Lexical similarity: Koki 93% with Kokila, Koki 92% with ’Origo, Kokila 92% with ’Origo (Bradshaw 2012).
Typology: SOV; Postpositions; Agglutinative inflectional morphology, fusional tense-aspect-mood marking; Verbal affixation marks mood, aspect, tense, person, number; Tenses: 3 (Past, Present, Future), Aspects: 4 (Perfective, Habitual, Durative, Iterative); Consonants: 12, Vowels: 5 (Bradshaw 2012).
Language Use: Vigorous, but with influence from Hiri Motu [hmo] and English [eng]. All domains except in education and religion, where there is mixed use, and in communication with outsiders. Used by all. Positive attitudes. All also use English [eng] (Bradshaw 2012). Most also use Hiri Motu [hmo], especially older adults (Bradshaw 2012). Some also use Tok Pisin [tpi] (Bradshaw 2012).
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 24%. Literacy rate in L2: 27% in English [eng]. Taught in primary schools. Literature. Dictionary. Texts. NT: 2017.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Doromu-Koki
Writing: Latin script [Latn].
Other Comments: Christian.

Location: Central province: Inland Rigo district, south of Mount Obree, west of Mount Brown.