Baropasi language

{{Infobox language

|name=Baropasi

|region=Upper Waropen District, Mamberamo Raya Regency, Papua, Indonesia

|speakers=2,500

|date=1995

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Papuan

|fam1=East Geelvink Bay

|iso3=brp

|glotto=bara1375

|glottorefname=Barapasi

}}

The Baropasi or Barapasi language is a member of the East Geelvink Bay languages. It is spoken in Upper Waropen District, Mamberamo Raya Regency, Papua, Indonesia. It has about 1,000 speakers.

Phonology

class="wikitable" style=text-align:center \|+Consonants ! colspan="2" \| !Labial !Alveolar !Velar !Glottal
rowspan="2" \|Plosive !voiceless \|p \|t \|k \|ʔ
voiced \|b \|d \|ɡ \|
colspan="2" \|Affricate \| \|d͡z \| \|
colspan="2" \|Fricative \|v \|s \| \|h
colspan="2" \|Nasal \|m \|n \| \|
colspan="2" \|Lateral \| \|l \| \|

class="wikitable" style=text-align:center

|+Consonants

! colspan="2" |

rowspan="2" |Plosive

!voiceless

|ʔ

voiced

|ɡ

colspan="2" |Affricate

|d͡z

colspan="2" |Fricative

colspan="2" |Nasal

colspan="2" |Lateral

class="wikitable" style=text-align:center \|+Vowels ! !Front !Central !Back
High \|i \| \|u
Mid \|e \| \|o
Low \| \|a \|

class="wikitable" style=text-align:center

|+Vowels

Barapasi is tonal, with a high tone and low tone.{{cite book |last=Foley |first=William A. |author-link=William A. Foley |editor1-last=Palmer |editor1-first=Bill |date=2018 |title=The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide |chapter=The languages of Northwest New Guinea |series= The World of Linguistics |volume=4 |location=Berlin |publisher=De Gruyter Mouton |pages=433–568 |isbn=978-3-11-028642-7}}{{Rp|518}}

Sources

Moseley, Christopher and R. E. Asher, ed. Atlas of the World's Languages (New York: Routelage, 1994) p. 111

References

Category:Languages of Western New Guinea

Category:East Geelvink Bay languages

Category:Tonal languages in non-tonal families