Wampar language

Not to be confused with Wampur language.

Wampar
Laewomba
Dzob Wampar
Region	Markham Valley, New Guinea
Native speakers	(5,200 cited 1990) [1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Oceanic Huon Gulf Markham Lower Markham Wampar
Language codes
ISO 639-3	lbq
Glottolog	wamp1247

Wampar (Dzob Wampar) is an Austronesian language of Wampar Rural LLG, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.

It is spoken in the 8 villages (wards) of Dzifasin ( 6°35′18″S146°34′46″E / 6.588454°S 146.579374°E / -6.588454; 146.579374 (Chivasing) ), Tararan ( 6°32′36″S146°33′12″E / 6.543318°S 146.553226°E / -6.543318; 146.553226 (Tararan) ), Gabsongkeg ( 6°35′04″S146°45′25″E / 6.584546°S 146.757023°E / -6.584546; 146.757023 (Gapsongkeg) ), Ngasowapum ( 6°34′30″S146°49′22″E / 6.575056°S 146.822698°E / -6.575056; 146.822698 (Nasuapum) ), Munun ( 6°34′24″S146°51′00″E / 6.573319°S 146.849903°E / -6.573319; 146.849903 (Munum) ), Mare ( 6°39′30″S146°40′56″E / 6.658412°S 146.682269°E / -6.658412; 146.682269 (Mare) ), Gabandzidz ( 6°43′27″S146°46′12″E / 6.724186°S 146.769987°E / -6.724186; 146.769987 (Gabensis) ), and Wamped ( 6°44′28″S146°40′12″E / 6.741034°S 146.670007°E / -6.741034; 146.670007 (Wampit) ). ^[2]

Phonology

The phonology consists of the following: ^[3]

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Nasal		m	n		ŋ
Plosive	voiceless	p	t		k
	prenasal	ᵐp	ⁿt		ᵑk
	voiced	b	d		ɡ
Affricate	voiceless		ts
	prenasal		ⁿts
	voiced		dz
Fricative		f	s
Rhotic			r
Approximant		w	l	j

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
High	i iː		u uː
Mid	e eː		o oː
Low		a aː

Further reading

Beer, Bettina, and Hans Fischer. Wampar–English Dictionary with an English–Wampar finder list. ANU Press, 2021. ISBN   9781760464790

References

1. Wampar at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Holzknecht, Susanne (1989). The Markham Languages of Papua New Guinea. Pacific Linguistics. ISBN   0-85883-394-8.
3. Fischer, Hans; Beer, Bettina (2021). Wampar–English Dictionary. Canberra: ANU Press.