Arop-Lokep language
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.
Arop-Lokep | |
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Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | Vitiaz Strait |
Native speakers | 3,000 (2000 census)[1] |
Austronesian
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Latin | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | apr |
Glottolog | arop1243 [2] |
Phonology
Consonants
Bilabial | Alveolar | Velar | Glottal | ||
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Stop | Voiceless | p | t | k | ʔ |
Voiced | b | d | ɡ | ||
Nasal | m | n | ŋ | ||
Fricative | s | ||||
Trill | r | ||||
Lateral | l |
/ʔ/ is rare.
gollark: Besides, that's the frontend's problem.
gollark: Does that actually *happen*?
gollark: Shapeless ones can just be put on the grid the same way as shaped ones.
gollark: I mostly care about THOSE HORRIBLE EVIL OPENCOMPUTERS RECIPES, so smelting is for later.
gollark: It's probably fine to just include crafting recipes for now.
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, eds. (2017). "Arop-Lokep". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- D'Jernes, Lucille S. (2002). "Arop-Lokep". In Lynch, John; Ross, Malcolm; Crowley, Terry (eds.). 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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