Patpatar language
{{Short description|Austronesian language}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Patpatar
|nativename={{lang|gfk|Gelik}}
|states=Papua New Guinea
|region=New Ireland Province
|speakers=7,000
|date=1998
|ref=e18
|familycolor=Austronesian
|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian
|fam3=Oceanic
|fam4=Western
|fam5=Meso-Melanesian
|fam6=(St George linkage)
|fam7=Patpatar–Tolai
|dia1=Pala
|dia2=Sokirik
|iso3=gfk
|glotto=patp1243
|glottorefname=Patpatar
}}
Patpatar, or {{lang|gfk|Gelik}}, is an Austronesian language spoken in New Ireland Province in Papua New Guinea.
Phonology
Phonology of the Patpatar language:Condra, Ed and Debi. 1986-91{{Cite book |last=Condra |first=Ed |title=Patpatar grammar essentials |publisher=Ukarumpa: Summer Institute of Linguistics |year=1989}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Consonant sounds ! ! Labial ! Alveolar ! Dorsal ! Glottal |
| Nasal
|{{IPA link|m}} |{{IPA link|n}} |{{IPA link|ŋ}} | |
|---|
| Plosive
|{{IPA link|p}} {{IPA link|b}} |{{IPA link|t}} {{IPA link|d}} |{{IPA link|k}} {{IPA link|g}} | |
| Fricative
| |{{IPA link|s}} | |{{IPA link|h}} |
| Rhotic
| |{{IPA link|r}} | | |
| Lateral
| |{{IPA link|l}} | | |
| Glide
|{{IPA link|w}} | |({{IPA link|j}}) | |
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Vowel sounds ! ! Front ! Back |
| High
| {{IPA link|i}} || {{IPA link|u}} |
|---|
| Mid
| {{IPA link|e}} || {{IPA link|o}} |
| Low
| colspan="2" |{{IPA link|a}} |
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Meso-Melanesian languages}}
{{Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages}}
{{Languages of Papua New Guinea}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Patpatar Language}}
Category:Languages of New Ireland Province
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