Toaripi language explained

Toaripi
Nativename:	East Elema
States:	Papua New Guinea
Region:	Gulf Province
Speakers:	23,000
Date:	1977
Ref:	e18
Familycolor:	Papuan
Fam1:	Trans–New Guinea
Fam2:	Eleman
Fam3:	nuclear Eleman
Fam4:	Eastern
Dia1:	Kaipi (Melaripi)
Dia2:	Toaripi (Moripi-Iokea, Moveave)
Dia3:	Sepoe
Iso3:	tqo
Glotto:	toar1246
Glottorefname:	Toaripi

Toaripi, or East Elema, is a Trans–New Guinea language of Papua New Guinea.

Phonology

Consonants^{[1] [2]}

		Labial	Alveolar	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/
Plosive		pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/
Fricative	voiceless	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/		pronounced as /link/
	voiced	pronounced as /link/
Rhotic			pronounced as /link/
Lateral			pronounced as /link/

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
High	pronounced as /link/		pronounced as /link/
High-mid	pronounced as /link/		pronounced as /link/
Low-mid			pronounced as /link/
Low		pronounced as /link/

External links

• Paradisec has a number of collections with Toaripi language materials.

Notes and References

1. Book: Brown, Herbert A. . The Eleman Language Family . Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University . 1973 . In Karl J. Franklin (ed.), The Linguistic Situation in the Gulf District and Adjacent Areas, Papua New Guinea . 281-376.
2. Toaripi Language [TPI] Gulf Province . Organized Phonology Data . SIL.