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Kainantu-Goroka language of Papua New Guinea From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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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/, /ɾ/, and /g/ between vowels. 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.
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External links
- Paradisec includes collections with Fore language materials
References
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