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==Background==
==Background==


Nankôre, from the words ''nan'' ("man, human") and ''kôre'' ("speech"), is spoken by the Nanhoshka people of Koya Island.
Nankôre, from the words ''nan'' ("man, human") and ''kôre'' ("speech"), is spoken by the Nanhoshka people of Koya Island.  There are two main dialects, the Konishmak, located in the Northeastern Coastal Mountains, and the Sapshira, encompassing the western and southern parts of the country.  The dialects differ chiefly in pronunciation and differences in certain lexical items, but are otherwise mutually intelligible.
 
Canonical word order is SOV, OSV is rarely encountered except in ceremonial language, but the verb is obligatorily sentence final.


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Revision as of 02:36, 15 July 2014


Nankôre
Nankôre
Pronunciation[/nan.ko:re/]
Created by
Native toNanhoshka Kôya
Native speakers3,232,430 (2014)
Language Isolate
  • Nankôre
Official status
Official language in
Koya Island
Regulated byNankore
Language codes
ISO 639-1nk
ISO 639-2nnk
ISO 639-3nnk

Background

Nankôre, from the words nan ("man, human") and kôre ("speech"), is spoken by the Nanhoshka people of Koya Island. There are two main dialects, the Konishmak, located in the Northeastern Coastal Mountains, and the Sapshira, encompassing the western and southern parts of the country. The dialects differ chiefly in pronunciation and differences in certain lexical items, but are otherwise mutually intelligible.

Canonical word order is SOV, OSV is rarely encountered except in ceremonial language, but the verb is obligatorily sentence final.


I'll get back to Nankore later to make it conform to the language format policy. For now, here's a sample text:

Atemana uyasi, mahun teyaroa teh hekaci u tempa wasin te taa'. Okaaka ta techam aci tah sinehne ka ante ta anene yoopani ta asin te taa. Ta hekaci taa. Cis ani taa'. Un kayo taa pahke te oman kusuan.



Phonology

Consonants

Bilabial Dental Alveolar Post-alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n
Stop p t k
Fricative s ʃ h
Approximant w j
Flap r

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close ɪ u
Mid e o
Open ɑ

Phonotactics

Orthography

Grammar

Morphology

Syntax