Wampar language
| Wampar | |
|---|---|
| Laewomba | |
| Dzob Wampar | |
| Region | Markham Valley, New Guinea |
Native speakers | (5,200 cited 1990)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | lbq |
| Glottolog | wamp1247 |
Wampar (Dzob Wampar) is an Austronesian language of Wampar Rural LLG, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.
It is spoken in the 8 villages (wards) of Dzifasin (6°35′18″S 146°34′46″E / 6.588454°S 146.579374°E), Tararan (6°32′36″S 146°33′12″E / 6.543318°S 146.553226°E), Gabsongkeg (6°35′04″S 146°45′25″E / 6.584546°S 146.757023°E), Ngasowapum (6°34′30″S 146°49′22″E / 6.575056°S 146.822698°E), Munun (6°34′24″S 146°51′00″E / 6.573319°S 146.849903°E), Mare (6°39′30″S 146°40′56″E / 6.658412°S 146.682269°E), Gabandzidz (6°43′27″S 146°46′12″E / 6.724186°S 146.769987°E), and Wamped (6°44′28″S 146°40′12″E / 6.741034°S 146.670007°E).[2]
Phonology
[edit]The phonology consists of the following:[3]
Consonants
[edit]| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | ||
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | |
| prenasal | ᵐp | ⁿt | ᵑk | ||
| voiced | b | d | ɡ | ||
| Affricate | voiceless | ts | |||
| prenasal | ⁿts | ||||
| voiced | dz | ||||
| Fricative | f | s | |||
| Rhotic | r | ||||
| Approximant | w | l | j | ||
Vowels
[edit]| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i iː | u uː | |
| Mid | e eː | o oː | |
| Low | a aː |
Further reading
[edit]Beer, Bettina, and Hans Fischer. Wampar–English Dictionary with an English–Wampar finder list. ANU Press, 2021. ISBN 9781760464790
References
[edit]- ^ Wampar at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Holzknecht, Susanne (1989). The Markham Languages of Papua New Guinea. Pacific Linguistics. ISBN 0-85883-394-8.
- ^ Fischer, Hans; Beer, Bettina (2021). Wampar–English Dictionary. Canberra: ANU Press.