Keapara language
| Keapara | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Central Province |
Native speakers | 19,000 (2000)[1] |
Austronesian
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | khz |
| Glottolog | keap1239 |
| Coordinates: 10°02′38″S 147°47′10″E / 10.044°S 147.786°E | |
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
The Keapara language includes several dialectal varieties: Aroma, Babaka, Kamali, Kalo, Keapara (Kerepunu), Kapari, Lalaura, Maopa, Wanigela (Waiori).[2]
Phonology
The following is the phonology of the Kalo dialect of Keapara:[3]
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Velar | Uvular | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | lab. | plain | lab. | |||
| Plosive | p | t | k | kʷ | q | qʷ |
| Nasal | m | n | ||||
| Fricative | v | ɣ | ||||
| Tap | ɾ | |||||
| Lateral | l | |||||
| Glide | w | |||||
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | u | |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Low | a |
References
- ^ 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
- 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