Toaripi language

Toaripi, or East Elema, is a Trans–New Guinea language of Papua New Guinea.

Toaripi
East Elema
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionGulf Province
Native speakers
(23,000 cited 1977)[1]
Trans–New Guinea
  • Eleman
    • nuclear Eleman
      • Eastern
        • Toaripi
Dialects
  • Kaipi (Melaripi)
  • Toaripi (Moripi-Iokea, Moveave)
  • Sepoe
Language codes
ISO 639-3tqo
Glottologtoar1246

Phonology

Consonants[2][3]
Labial Alveolar Velar Glottal
Nasal m n
Plosive p t k
Fricative voiceless f s h
voiced v
Rhotic r
Lateral l

Vowels[2]
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. 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.


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