Kopar language

Kopar is a Lower Sepik language of Marienberg Rural LLG, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea.

Kopar
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionEast Sepik Province
Native speakers
20 (2016)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3xop
Glottologkopa1248
ELPKopar
Coordinates: 3.863426°S 144.525852°E / -3.863426; 144.525852 (Kopar)

Distribution

The Kopar language is spoken in Kopar village (3.863426°S 144.525852°E / -3.863426; 144.525852 (Kopar)), Marienberg Rural LLG, East Sepik Province.[1][2] It is also spoken in the villages of Wongan (3.999326°S 144.532123°E / -3.999326; 144.532123 (Wongan)) and Singrin (3.939457°S 144.430355°E / -3.939457; 144.430355 (Singarin)).[3]: 349 

Status

Kopar is a moribund language.[3]: 350  It has historically influenced Tayap, a language isolate.[3]: 349 

References
  1. Kopar at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) closed access
  2. United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
  3. 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.
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