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Keapara language

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Keapara
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionCentral Province
Native speakers
19,000 (2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3khz
Glottologkeap1239
Coordinates: 10°02′38″S 147°47′10″E / 10.044°S 147.786°E / -10.044; 147.786

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

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The Keapara language includes several dialectal varieties: Aroma, Babaka, Kamali, Kalo, Keapara (Kerepunu), Kapari, Lalaura, Maopa, Wanigela (Waiori).[2]

Phonology

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The following is the phonology of the Kalo dialect of Keapara:[3]

Consonants

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Labial Alveolar Velar Uvular
plain lab. plain lab.
Plosive p t k q
Nasal m n
Fricative v ɣ
Tap ɾ
Lateral l
Glide w

Vowels

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Front Central Back
High i u
Mid e o
Low a

References

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  1. ^ Keapara at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Keapara". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. ^ Laeka, Ali (1989). Cut-hit-break in Kalo. SIL. p. 21.

Bibliography

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  • 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