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Molof language
Unclassified language of Indonesia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Molof (Ampas, Poule, Powle-Ma) is a poorly documented Papuan language spoken by about 200 people in Molof village, Senggi District, Keerom Regency.[1]
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Classification
Wurm (1975) placed it as an independent branch of Trans–New Guinea, but Ross (2005) could not find enough evidence to classify it. Søren Wichmann (2018)[2] tentatively considers it to be a language isolate, as does Foley (2018).[3] Usher (2020) tentatively suggests it may be a Pauwasi language.[4]
Phonology
Molof has a small consonant inventory, but a large one for vowels.
Molof consonants, quoted by Foley (2018) from Donohue (n.d.):[3]
Molof vowels (8 total), quoted by Foley (2018) from Donohue (n.d.):[3]
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Basic vocabulary
Basic vocabulary of Molof from Rumaropen (2005), quoted in Foley (2018):[5][3]
The following basic vocabulary words are from Voorhoeve (1971, 1975),[6][7] as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database:[8]
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