| Arop-Lokep | |
| States: | Papua New Guinea |
| Region: | Vitiaz Strait |
| Date: | 2000 census |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Austronesian |
| Fam2: | Malayo-Polynesian |
| Fam3: | Oceanic |
| Fam4: | Western Oceanic |
| Fam5: | Ngero–Vitiaz |
| Fam6: | Korap |
| Script: | Latin |
| Iso3: | apr |
| Glotto: | arop1243 |
| Glottorefname: | Arop-Lokep |
| Notice: | IPA |
Arop-Lokep (also spelled Arop-Lukep) is an Oceanic language spoken by 3,015 people on four islands in the Siassi chain in the Vitiaz Strait in Papua New Guinea.
| Front | Central | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | pronounced as /i/ | pronounced as /ɨ/ | pronounced as /u/ | |
| Close-mid | pronounced as /o/ | |||
| Open-mid | pronounced as /ɛ/ | pronounced as /ɔ/ | ||
| Open | pronounced as /a/ |
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Velar | Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | Voiceless | pronounced as /p/ | pronounced as /t/ | pronounced as /k/ | pronounced as /ʔ/ | |
| Voiced | pronounced as /b/ | pronounced as /d/ | pronounced as /ɡ/ | |||
| Nasal | pronounced as /m/ | pronounced as /n/ | pronounced as /ŋ/ | |||
| Fricative | pronounced as /s/ | |||||
| Trill | pronounced as /r/ | |||||
| Lateral | pronounced as /l/ | |||||
A sample of Arop-Lokep can be listened to here: http://globalrecordings.net/en/program/C16210