Wipi language
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Short description|Eastern Trans-Fly language spoken in Papua New Guinea}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Wipi
|nativename=Gidra
|states=Papua New Guinea
|speakers=3,500
|date=1999
|ref=e18
|familycolor=Papuan
|fam1=Trans-Fly
|fam2=Eastern Trans-Fly
|iso3=gdr
|glotto=wipi1242
|glottorefname=Wipi
|glottofoot=no
}}
Wipi, also known as Gidra, Jibu or Oriomo,{{Glottolog|wipi1242}} is a Papuan language of New Guinea. It is a member of the Eastern Trans-Fly family, the other languages of this family being Gizrra, Meriam Mir and Bine. The family has influenced the neighbouring Kiwai language as well as Kalau Lagau Ya.
Distribution
Wipi is spoken in fourteen main villages, with the Wipim village as the centre. Wipi speakers occupy a broad swathe of inland territory in the eastern plains between the Fly River and the Torres Strait, specifically around the Oriomo River and Binaturi River.{{cite book |last=Evans |first=Nicholas |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 Southern New Guinea |series= The World of Linguistics |volume=4 |location=Berlin |publisher=De Gruyter Mouton |pages=641–774 |isbn=978-3-11-028642-7}}
Phonology
Phonology of the Wipi language:{{cite web|url=https://sil.org/system/files/reapdata/12/64/00/126400344619797297927934972982934574861/Wipi_Grammar_Essentials.pdf|last1=Dondorp|first1=Ann|last2=Shim|first2=Jae-Wook|title=Wipi Grammar Essentials|page=10|date=November 2013|orig-date=January 1997|access-date=2025-05-15|publisher=SIL International}}{{Cite journal|last=SIL; Shim|first=Jae-Wook|date=September 2000|title=Wipi (Gidra, Oriomo, Jibu) Language [GDR] Daru – Western Province|url=https://www.sil.org/system/files/reapdata/13/40/93/134093796517913925769935093093402906427/Wipi.pdf|journal=Organised Phonology Data.}}
= Consonants =
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| Plosive
|{{IPA link|p}} {{IPA link|b}} |{{IPA link|t}} {{IPA link|d}} | |{{IPA link|k}} {{IPA link|ɡ}} |
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| Implosive
|{{IPA link|ɓ}} | | | |
| Nasal
|{{IPA link|m}} |{{IPA link|n}} | |{{IPA link|ŋ}} |
| Rhotic
| |{{IPA link|ɾ}} | | |
| Fricative
| |{{IPA link|s}} |{{IPA link|ʝ}} | |
| Lateral
| |{{IPA link|l}} | | |
| Approximant
|{{IPA link|w}} | | | |
= Vowels =
References
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{{Languages of Papua New Guinea}}
Category:Eastern Trans-Fly languages
Category:Languages of Western Province (Papua New Guinea)
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