Toaripi language

Toaripi
East Elema
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionGulf Province
Native speakers
(23,000 cited 1977)
Trans–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

References

  1. ↑ Toaripi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. 1 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 [TPI] Gulf Province". Organized Phonology Data. SIL.