| Patpatar | |
| Nativename: | Gelik |
| States: | Papua New Guinea |
| Region: | New Ireland Province |
| Speakers: | 7,000 |
| Date: | 1998 |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Austronesian |
| Fam3: | Oceanic |
| Fam4: | Western |
| Fam5: | Meso-Melanesian |
| Fam6: | (St George linkage) |
| Fam7: | Patpatar–Tolai |
| Dia1: | Pala |
| Dia2: | Sokirik |
| Iso3: | gfk |
| Glotto: | patp1243 |
| Glottorefname: | Patpatar |
Patpatar, or '''Gelik''', is an Austronesian language spoken in New Ireland Province in Papua New Guinea.
Phonology of the Patpatar language:[1] [2]
| Nasal | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | ||
| Fricative | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||
| Rhotic | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
| Lateral | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
| Glide | pronounced as /link/ | (pronounced as /link/) |
| High | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Low | pronounced as /link/ | ||