Korafe language

Korafe
Korafe
Korafe-Yegha
Gaina
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Oro Province
Native speakers	(1,400 Gaina and Bareji cited 1971); 3,600 Korafe and Yegha (2003)
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Binanderean Korafe; ;
Dialects	Korafe; Yegha; Gaina; Bareji;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; kpr – Korafe-Yegha; gcn – Gaina-Bareji
Glottolog	gaen1235

Korafe is a Papuan language spoken in Oro Province, in the "tail" of Papua New Guinea. It is part of the Binanderean family of the Trans–New Guinea phylum of languages. Korafe or could also be called Kailikaili, Kaire, Korafe, Korafi, Korape, and Kwarafe is a language spoken in the Oro Province more specifically in the Tufi District, and Cape Nelson Headlands.

Korafe has been heavily influenced by Oceanic languages.

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