Arop-Lokep language
| Arop-Lokep | |
|---|---|
| Region | Vitiaz Strait, Papua New Guinea |
Native speakers | 3,000 (2000 census)[1] |
| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
apr |
| Glottolog |
arop1243[2] |
Arop-Lokep (also spelled Arop-Lukep) is an Oceanic language spoken by 3,015 people (as of 2000) on four islands in the Siassi chain in the Vitiaz Strait in Papua New Guinea.
Phonology
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɨ | u |
| Close-mid | o | ||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
| Open | a |
/ɨ/ is rare.
Consonants
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | Voiceless | p | t | k | ʔ |
| Voiced | b | d | a | ||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | ||
| Fricative | s | ||||
| Trill | r | ||||
| Lateral | l | ||||
/ʔ/ is rare.
External links
A sample of Arop-Lokep can be listened to here: http://globalrecordings.net/en/program/C16210
References
- ↑ Arop-Lokep at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Arop-Lokep". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- D'Jernes, Lucille S. (2002). "Arop-Lokep". In Lynch, John; Ross, Malcolm; Crowley, Terry. The Oceanic Languages. Richmond, Surrey, UK: Curzon Press. pp. 249–269.
- Raymond, Mary; Parker, Steve (2005). "Initial and medial geminate trills in Arop-Lokep". Journal of the International Phonetic Association. 35 (1): 99–111. doi:10.1017/S002510030500188X.
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