| Adjora | |
|---|---|
| Adjoria, Azao | |
| Abu | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | East Sepik Province |
Native speakers | (4,200 cited 2000 census)[1] |
| Dialects |
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| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ado |
| Glottolog | abuu1241 |
| ELP | Abu |
_language_map.svg) Map of the region where Adjora is spoken, according to Ethnologue data. | |
Adjora (Adjoria, Azao) a.k.a.Abu is aRamu language ofPapua New Guinea.
A supposed dialect,Auwa, apparently with few speakers, may be a distinct language. One confirmed dialect, however, is Sabu, which is spoken in the northeast of the language's region.
Adjora is spoken in theMadang andEast Sepik provinces of Papua New Guinea, specifically between Angoram,Ramu, andSepik rivers and in the northwest of Madang. It is used in approximately 22 villages.[2]
Many Adjora words have been borrowed byTayap, a nearbylanguage isolate that is spoken just to the west of the Adjora area.[3]: 350 It is also closely related to theWaran language (also known as Banaro).
Most of its 4,200 speakers are Abu (3,380), though there are 820Savunese speakers.[2]
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