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Austronesian language
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.
Phonology [ edit ] /w/ can also be heard as a fricative [β] .
/h/ may also exist phonemically in other dialects.[2]
Sounds /w, j/ can be heard as vowels [ʊ, ɪ] when after vowel sounds.[3]
/ɛ/ may be pronounced as [ɛ] or [e] .[2]
Distribution [ edit ] In Papua province , it is spoken in Mamberamo Raya Regency and Waropen Regency . The Ambumi dialect is spoken in the south Waropen Bay area. Waropen is also spoken southwest to the Rombak River mouth.
References [ edit ]
^ Waropen at Ethnologue (subscription required) ^ a b Held, Gerrit J. (1942). Grammatica van het Waropensch (Nederlandsch Noord Nieuw-Guinea) . A.C. Nix, Bandoeng. ^ Flassy, Don A.L.; Animung, Lisidus; Sawaki, Rachel (1994). Fonologi bahasa Waropen . Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan.
* indicates proposed status ? indicates classification dispute † indicates extinct status
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