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Toaripi language

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Eleman language spoken in Papua New Guinea ‹ The template Infobox language is being considered for merging. ›
Toaripi
East Elema
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionGulf Province
Native speakers(23,000 cited 1977)
Language familyTrans–New Guinea
  • Eleman
    • nuclear Eleman
      • Eastern
        • Toaripi
Dialects
  • Kaipi (Melaripi)
  • Toaripi (Moripi-Iokea, Moveave)
  • Sepoe
Language codes
ISO 639-3tqo
Glottologtoar1246

Toaripi, or East Elema, is a Trans–New Guinea language of Papua New Guinea.

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Velar Glottal
Nasal m n
Plosive p t k
Fricative voiceless f s h
voiced v
Rhotic r
Lateral l

Vowels

Front Central Back
High i u
High-mid e o
Low-mid ɔ
Low a

External links

References

  1. Toaripi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Brown, Herbert A. (1973). The Eleman Language Family. In Karl J. Franklin (ed.), The Linguistic Situation in the Gulf District and Adjacent Areas, Papua New Guinea: Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. pp. 281–376.
  3. "Toaripi Language Gulf Province". Organized Phonology Data. SIL.
Languages of Papua New Guinea
Official languages
Major Indigenous
languages
Other Papuan
languages
Angan
Awin–Pa
Binanderean
Bosavi
Chimbu–Wahgi
New Ireland
Duna–Pogaya
East Kutubuan
East Strickland
Engan
Eleman
Ok–Oksapmin
Teberan
Tirio
Turama–Kikorian
Larger families
Sign languages


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