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Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea
Keapara | |
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Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | Central Province |
Native speakers | 19,000 (2000)[1] |
Austronesian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | khz |
Glottolog | keap1239 |
Coordinates: 10°02′38″S 147°47′10″E / 10.044°S 147.786°E / -10.044; 147.786 |
Keapara is an Oceanic language of Papua New Guinea. It is close to, but distinct from, its neighbour Hula.
It has been strongly influenced by Papuan languages.
Dialects
[edit]The Keapara language includes several dialectal varieties: Aroma, Babaka, Kamali, Kalo, Keapara (Kerepunu), Kapari, Lalaura, Maopa, Wanigela (Waiori).[2]
Phonology
[edit]The following is the phonology of the Kalo dialect of Keapara:[3]
Consonants
[edit]Labial | Alveolar | Velar | Uvular | |||
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plain | lab. | plain | lab. | |||
Plosive | p | t | k | kʷ | q | qʷ |
Nasal | m | n | ||||
Fricative | v | ɣ | ||||
Tap | ɾ | |||||
Lateral | l | |||||
Glide | w |
Vowels
[edit]Front | Central | Back | |
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High | i | u | |
Mid | e | o | |
Low | a |
References
[edit]- ^ Keapara at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Keapara". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ^ Laeka, Ali (1989). Cut-hit-break in Kalo. SIL. p. 21.
Bibliography
[edit]- Dutton, T. "Lau'una: another Austronesian remnant on the south-east coast of Papua". In Lynch, J. and Pat, F.'A. editors, Oceanic Studies: Proceedings of the First International Conference on Oceanic Linguistics. C-133:61-82. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1996. doi:10.15144/PL-C133.61
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