Austronesian language
Patpatar | |
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Gelik | |
Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | New Ireland Province |
Native speakers | (7,000 cited 1998)[1] |
Austronesian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | gfk |
Glottolog | patp1243 |
Patpatar, or Gelik, is an Austronesian language spoken in New Ireland Province in Papua New Guinea.
Phonology
[edit]Phonology of the Patpatar language:[2][3]
Labial | Alveolar | Dorsal | Glottal | |
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Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |
Plosive | p b | t d | k g | |
Fricative | s | h | ||
Rhotic | r | |||
Lateral | l | |||
Glide | w | (j) |
Front | Back | |
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High | i | u |
Mid | e | o |
Low | a |
References
[edit]- ^ Patpatar at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Condra, Ed and Debi. 1986-91
- ^ Condra, Ed (1989). Patpatar grammar essentials. Ukarumpa: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
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