Waropen language
| Waropen | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | West PapuaandPapua |
Native speakers | (6,000 cited 1987)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | wrp |
| Glottolog | waro1242 |
Waropenis anAustronesian languagespoken at the Geelvink Bay ofIndonesian Papua.It is fairly closely related to theYapen languages. Dialects are Waropen Kai, Napan, and Ambumi.
Phonology
[edit]| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | ʔ | |
| prenasal | ᵐb | ⁿd | ᵑɡ | |||
| voiced | b | d | ɡ | |||
| Fricative | f | s | ɣ | (h) | ||
| Rhotic | r | |||||
| Approximant | w | j | ||||
/w/can also be heard as a fricative[β].
/h/may also exist phonemically in other dialects.[2]
Sounds/w,j/can be heard as vowels[ʊ,ɪ]when after vowel sounds.[3]
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Mid | ɛ~e | ə | ɔ |
| Open | a |
/ɛ/may be pronounced as[ɛ]or[e].[2]
Distribution
[edit]InPapua province,it is spoken inMamberamo Raya RegencyandWaropen Regency.The Ambumi dialect also called Waruri is spoken in Ambumi village inWondama Bay Regency,West Papua.[4]Waropen is also spoken southwest to the Rombak River mouth.
References
[edit]- ^WaropenatEthnologue(18th ed., 2015)(subscription required)
- ^abHeld, Gerrit J. (1942).Grammatica van het Waropensch (Nederlandsch Noord Nieuw-Guinea).A.C. Nix, Bandoeng.
- ^Flassy, Don A.L.; Animung, Lisidus; Sawaki, Rachel (1994).Fonologi bahasa Waropen.Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan.
- ^Suryawan, I Ngurah (2018-10-27)."Kampung Papua, Antara Eksploitasi dan Konservasi (1)".tatkala.co.Retrieved2024-06-07.
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