| Kopar | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | East Sepik Province |
| Native speakers | 20 (2016) |
| Language family | Ramu–Lower Sepik
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | xop |
| Glottolog | kopa1248 |
| ELP | Kopar |
| Coordinates: 3°51′48″S 144°31′33″E / 3.863426°S 144.525852°E / -3.863426; 144.525852 (Kopar) | |
Kopar is a Lower Sepik language of Marienberg Rural LLG, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea.
Distribution
The Kopar language is spoken in Kopar village (3°51′48″S 144°31′33″E / 3.863426°S 144.525852°E / -3.863426; 144.525852 (Kopar)), Marienberg Rural LLG, East Sepik Province. It is also spoken in the villages of Wongan (3°59′58″S 144°31′56″E / 3.999326°S 144.532123°E / -3.999326; 144.532123 (Wongan)) and Singrin (3°56′22″S 144°25′49″E / 3.939457°S 144.430355°E / -3.939457; 144.430355 (Singarin)).
Status
Kopar is a moribund language. It has historically influenced Tayap, a language isolate.
References
- ^ Kopar at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
- ^ Kulick, Don; Terrill, Angela (2019). A Grammar and Dictionary of Tayap: The Life and Death of a Papuan Language. Pacific Linguistics 661. Boston/Berlin: Walter de Gruyter Inc. ISBN 9781501512209.
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