Tapei language
Arafundi language of Papua New Guinea
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::summary Arafundi language of Papua New Guinea ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox language"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Tapei |
| altname | Imboin |
| states | Papua New Guinea |
| region | East Sepik Province |
| speakers | 250 |
| date | 2017 |
| ref | e25 |
| familycolor | Papuan |
| fam1 | Madang – Upper Yuat |
| fam2 | Upper Yuat |
| fam3 | Arafundi |
| iso3 | afp |
| glotto | tape1242 |
| glottorefname | Tapei |
| :: |
|name=Tapei |altname=Imboin |states=Papua New Guinea |region=East Sepik Province |speakers=250 |date=2017 |ref=e25 |familycolor=Papuan |fam1=Madang – Upper Yuat |fam2=Upper Yuat |fam3=Arafundi |iso3=afp |glotto=tape1242 |glottorefname=Tapei
Tapei is an Arafundi language of Papua New Guinea. It is close to Nanubae; the name Alfendio was once used for both.
Locations
Kassell, et al. (2018) list Imanmeri, Wambrumas, and Yamandim as the villages where Nanubae is spoken. Additionally, there are some speakers in Imboin, which also has Andai speakers.
According to Ethnologue, it is spoken in Awim () and Imboin () villages of Karawari Rural LLG, East Sepik Province.
Phonology
::data[format=table title="Consonants{{cite book |last=Foley |first=William A. |author-link=William A. Foley |editor1-last=Palmer |editor1-first=Bill |date=2018 |title=The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide |chapter=The Languages of the Sepik-Ramu Basin and Environs |series= The World of Linguistics |volume=4 |location=Berlin |publisher=De Gruyter Mouton |pages=197–432 |isbn=978-3-11-028642-7}}"]
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Plosive | Prenasalized | Nasal | Approximant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| :: |
- /c/ varies between [c] and [s]. ::data[format=table title="Vowels"] | Front | Central | Back | High | Mid | Low | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ::
Vocabulary
The following basic vocabulary words of Alfendio (Tapei) are from Davies & Comrie (1985), as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database:
:{| class="wikitable sortable" ! gloss !! Alfendio |- ! head
| gʌbʌk |
|---|
| ! hair |
| gaƀɷkduma |
| - |
| ! ear |
| gunduk |
| - |
| ! eye |
| nomguamguk |
| - |
| ! nose |
| bogok |
| - |
| ! tooth |
| ganžik |
| - |
| ! tongue |
| danʌmayʌk |
| - |
| ! leg |
| banambʌk |
| - |
| ! louse |
| yɩmwin |
| - |
| ! dog |
| daʷm |
| - |
| ! pig |
| yay |
| - |
| ! bird |
| gɩnyɛ |
| - |
| ! egg |
| mɩnda |
| - |
| ! blood |
| ʔʌndi |
| - |
| ! bone |
| džɩmpa; ʔežɩmbʌk |
| - |
| ! skin |
| gumbukdea |
| - |
| ! breast |
| yɩdʌk |
| - |
| ! tree |
| ʔɛt |
| - |
| ! man |
| nuŋgumidndža |
| - |
| ! woman |
| nam |
| - |
| ! sun |
| dum |
| - |
| ! moon |
| dɩpar |
| - |
| ! water |
| yɩm |
| - |
| ! fire |
| yam |
| - |
| ! stone |
| naŋgum |
| - |
| ! road, path |
| ʔɩnduŋ |
| - |
| ! eat |
| nʌmbɩdžik |
| - |
| ! one |
| kʰundʌpam |
| - |
| ! two |
| kʰundamwin |
| } |
References
References
- Kassell, Alison, Bonnie MacKenzie and Margaret Potter. 2018. ''[https://pnglanguages.sil.org/resources/archives/74262 Three Arafundi Languages: A Sociolinguistic Profile of Andai, Nanubae, and Tapei]''. SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2017-003.
- United Nations in Papua New Guinea. (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange.
- Foley, William A.. (2018). "The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide". De Gruyter Mouton.
- Davies, J. and Comrie, B. "[http://dx.doi.org/10.15144/PL-A63.275 A linguistic survey of the Upper Yuat]". In Adams, K., Lauck, L., Miedema, J., Welling, F., Stokhof, W., Flassy, D., Oguri, H., Collier, K., Gregerson, K., Phinnemore, T., Scorza, D., Davies, J., Comrie, B. and Abbott, S. editors, ''Papers in New Guinea Linguistics'' No. 22. A-63:275-312. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1985. {{doi. 10.15144/PL-A63.275
- Greenhill, Simon. (2016). "TransNewGuinea.org - database of the languages of New Guinea".
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