Korafe-Yegha
Timothy Usher, Santa Fe Institute
Situation
[under construction]
Sources
Wilson (1969) 35 comparative terms for Korape
Farr and Farr (1974) Korafe phonology
Farr (1975) Korafe kinship
Farr and Farr (1975) Korafe morphology
Farr (1976) Korafe motion verbs
Farr and Larson (1979) 98 comparative terms for Korafe
Farr and Whitehead (1981) Korafe demonstratives
Farr (1993) Korafe switch reference
Farr (1996) Korafe syntax
Farr and Farr (1996) dictionary of Korafe-Yegha
Farr (2009 Korafe conjunctions
Phonology
Farr and Farr (1974: ) give 19 consonants and 5 vowels for Korafe as follows:
| m | n | ||
| ɸ | tʰ | s | kʰ |
| b | d | dʒ | g |
| mb | nd | ndʒ | ŋg |
| ɣ̃ | |||
| β | ɾ | j | ɣ |
| i | u | |
| e | o | |
| a |
Vowels are further distinguished by the presence vs. absence of nasalization:
| i | ĩ |
| u | ũ |
| e | ẽ |
| o | õ |
| a | ã |
Neither final consonants nor consonant clusters occur.
Pronouns
Farr and Farr (2008 ibid.) give Korafe pronouns in six case forms as follows:
| nominative | emphatic | actor | genitive | benefactive | similitive | |
| 1 sg. | ||||||
| 2 sg. | ||||||
| 3 sg. | ||||||
| 1 pl. excl. | ||||||
| 1 pl. incl. | ||||||
| 2 pl. | ||||||
| 3 pl. | ||||||
| 1 dl. | ||||||
| 2 dl. | ||||||
| 3 dl. |
Verbal morphology
[under construction]