Wampar language should not be confused with Wampur language.
| Wampar | |
| Also Known As: | Laewomba |
| Nativename: | Dzob Wampar |
| Region: | Markham Valley, New Guinea |
| Speakers: | 5,200 |
| Date: | 1990 |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Austronesian |
| Fam2: | Malayo-Polynesian |
| Fam3: | Oceanic |
| Fam4: | Western Oceanic |
| Fam5: | Huon Gulf |
| Fam6: | Markham |
| Fam7: | Lower Markham |
| Iso3: | lbq |
| Glotto: | wamp1247 |
| Glottorefname: | Wampar |
Wampar (Dzob Wampar) is an Austronesian language of Wampar Rural LLG, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.
It is spoken in the 8 villages (wards) of Dzifasin (-6.5885°N 146.5794°W), Tararan (-6.5433°N 146.5532°W), Gabsongkeg (-6.5845°N 146.757°W), Ngasowapum (-6.5751°N 146.8227°W), Munun (-6.5733°N 146.8499°W), Mare (-6.6584°N 146.6823°W), Gabandzidz (-6.7242°N 146.77°W), and Wamped (-6.741°N 146.67°W).[1]
The phonology consists of the following:[2]
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | ||
| prenasal | ᵐp | ⁿt | ᵑk | |||
| voiced | b | d | ɡ | |||
| Affricate | voiceless | ts | ||||
| prenasal | ⁿts | |||||
| voiced | dz | |||||
| Fricative | f | s | ||||
| Rhotic | r | |||||
| Approximant | w | l | j | |||
| Front | Central | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | i iː | u uː | ||
| Mid | e eː | o oː | ||
| Low | a aː |
Beer, Bettina, and Hans Fischer. Wampar–English Dictionary with an English–Wampar finder list. ANU Press, 2021.