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== Folopa ==

I've identified the language as some version of the [[w:Folopa_language]], a Papua New Guinea language.
Some examples: ''sirapo'' is, according to one source I found, roughly "I have it". ''sirapo'' gets used in a number of compounds as well. ''-po'' at the end of many sentences is pretty characteristic both of the Rivenese and of Folopa, as it seems that ''-po'' is a marker for an indicative sentence, and Folopa is primarily verb final. Also, I found one reference (which I can't find right now) that the Folopa word for "book" is ''buku'' - Cho says this many times, though he seems to pronounce it variably, pronouncing the /u/ as /o/. I dunno if this is due to the actor not being an actual speaker of the language, a dialect difference, or an ideolect difference. I suspect the first, since Cho's body language seems a bit out of sync with the dialog.

Reference: https://www.sil.org/system/files/reapdata/19/00/85/19008547614574591810273680930394972884/Folopa_Language_Lessons.pdf

Of course, I am merely matching up stuff I found on  the internet, and have no real exposure to Folopa, So feel free to take all of the above with a grain of salt.
[[User:BladeLakem|BladeLakem]] ([[User talk:BladeLakem|talk]]) 11:40, 8 April 2022 (PDT)