| Waropen | |
| Region: | West Papua and Papua |
| States: | Indonesia |
| Speakers: | 6,000 |
| Date: | 1987 |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Austronesian |
| Fam2: | Malayo-Polynesian |
| Fam3: | Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian |
| Fam4: | Eastern Malayo-Polynesian |
| Fam5: | South Halmahera–West New Guinea |
| Iso3: | wrp |
| Glotto: | waro1242 |
| Glottorefname: | Waropen |
Waropen is an Austronesian language spoken at the Geelvink Bay of Indonesian Papua. It is fairly closely related to the Yapen languages.Dialects are Waropen Kai, Napan, and Ambumi.
| 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/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
| pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
| Fricative | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | (pronounced as /link/) | |||
| Rhotic | pronounced as /link/ | ||||||
| Approximant | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
pronounced as //h// may also exist phonemically in other dialects.[1]
Sounds pronounced as //w, j// can be heard as vowels pronounced as /[ʊ, ɪ]/ when after vowel sounds.[2]
| Close | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | pronounced as /link/ ~ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Open | pronounced as /link/ |
In Papua province, it is spoken in Mamberamo Raya Regency and Waropen Regency. The Ambumi dialect also called Waruri is spoken in Ambumi village in Wondama Bay Regency, West Papua.[3] Waropen is also spoken southwest to the Rombak River mouth.