Kopar language

{{Infobox language

|name=Kopar

|region=East Sepik Province

|states=Papua New Guinea

|coordinates={{coord|-3.863426|144.525852|type:city_region:PG_source:enwiki|name=Kopar|display=inline,title}}

|speakers=20

|date=2016

|ref=e25

|familycolor=Papuan

|fam1=Ramu–Lower Sepik

|fam2=Lower Sepik (Nor–Pondo)

|fam3=Nor?

|iso3=xop

|glotto=kopa1248

|glottorefname=Kopar

}}

Kopar is a Lower Sepik language of Marienberg Rural LLG, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea.

Distribution

The Kopar language is spoken in Kopar village ({{coord|-3.863426|144.525852|type:city_region:PG|name=Kopar}}), Marienberg Rural LLG, East Sepik Province.{{cite web |url=https://data.humdata.org/dataset/village-coordinates-lookup |title=Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup |author=United Nations in Papua New Guinea |work=Humanitarian Data Exchange |version=1.31.9 |date=2018}} It is also spoken in the villages of Wongan ({{coord|-3.999326|144.532123|type:city_region:PG|name=Wongan}}) and Singrin ({{coord|-3.939457|144.430355|type:city_region:PG|name=Singarin}}).{{rp|349}}

Status

Kopar is a moribund language.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VXWcDwAAQBAJ |title=A Grammar and Dictionary of Tayap: The Life and Death of a Papuan Language |last1=Kulick |first1=Don |last2=Terrill |first2=Angela |series=Pacific Linguistics 661 |publisher=Walter de Gruyter Inc. |year=2019 |isbn=9781501512209 |location=Boston/Berlin }}{{rp|350}} It has historically influenced Tayap, a language isolate.{{rp|349}}

References

Category:Languages of East Sepik Province

Category:Lower Sepik languages