Kopar language
| Kopar | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | East Sepik Province |
Native speakers | 20 (2016)[1] |
Ramu–Lower Sepik
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | xop |
| Glottolog | kopa1248 |
| ELP | Kopar |
| Coordinates: 3°51′48″S 144°31′33″E / 3.863426°S 144.525852°E | |
Kopar is a Lower Sepik language of Marienberg Rural LLG, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea.
Distribution
[edit]The Kopar language is spoken in Kopar village (3°51′48″S 144°31′33″E / 3.863426°S 144.525852°E), Marienberg Rural LLG, East Sepik Province.[1][2] It is also spoken in the villages of Wongan (3°59′58″S 144°31′56″E / 3.999326°S 144.532123°E) and Singrin (3°56′22″S 144°25′49″E / 3.939457°S 144.430355°E).[3]: 349
Status
[edit]Kopar is a moribund language.[3]: 350 It has historically influenced Tayap, a language isolate.[3]: 349
References
[edit]- ^ a b Kopar at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
- ^ a b c Kulick, Don; Terrill, Angela (2019). A Grammar and Dictionary of Tayap: The Life and Death of a Papuan Language. Pacific Linguistics 661. Boston/Berlin: Walter de Gruyter Inc. ISBN 9781501512209.
