Alternate names are Bailala, Haira, Kaipi, Kairu-Kaura, Muro, Muru, Vailala, and West Elema.
Genesis, called Genese, was published by the British and Foreign Bible Society in Australia in 1970.
The alveolar plosive /t/ is about 10 times rarer than it is in the related language Toaripi.
However, since original /k/ still appears in this position (e.g. /heaikapo/ "long"), /t/ and /k/ are distinct phonemes and not allophones.
Orokolo also has six vowels,[4] giving it an unusually low consonant-vowel ratio of 1.