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Tapei is an Arafundi language of Papua New Guinea. It is close to Nanubae; the name Alfendio was once used for both.

Tapei
Imboin
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionEast Sepik Province
Native speakers
290 (2005)[1]
Language family
Madang – Upper Yuat
  • Upper Yuat
    • Arafundi
      • Tapei
Language codes
ISO 639-3afp
Glottologtape1242
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Locations


Kassell, et al. (2018) list Imanmeri, Wambrumas, and Yamandim as the villages where Nanubae is spoken. Additionally, there are some speakers in Imboin, which also has Andai speakers.[2]

According to Ethnologue (22nd edition), it is spoken in Awim (4.753283°S 143.580166°E / -4.753283; 143.580166 (Awim)) and Imboin (4.792407°S 143.661468°E / -4.792407; 143.661468 (Imboin)) villages of Karawari Rural LLG, East Sepik Province.[3][4]


Phonology


Auwim consonants are:[5]

ptck
ᵐbⁿdᶮɟᵑg
mnɲŋ
r
wj

Vocabulary


The following basic vocabulary words of Alfendio (Tapei) are from Davies & Comrie (1985),[6] as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database:[7]

glossAlfendio
head gʌbʌk
hair gaƀɷkduma
ear gunduk
eye nomguamguk
nose bogok
tooth ganžik
tongue danʌmayʌk
leg banambʌk
louse yɩmwin
dog daʷm
pig yay
bird gɩnyɛ
egg mɩnda
blood ʔʌndi
bone džɩmpa; ʔežɩmbʌk
skin gumbukdea
breast yɩdʌk
tree ʔɛt
man nuŋgumidndža
woman nam
sun dum
moon dɩpar
water yɩm
fire yam
stone naŋgum
road, path ʔɩnduŋ
eat nʌmbɩdžik
one kʰundʌpam
two kʰundamwin

References


  1. Tapei at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Kassell, Alison, Bonnie MacKenzie and Margaret Potter. 2018. Three Arafundi Languages: A Sociolinguistic Profile of Andai, Nanubae, and Tapei. SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2017-003.
  3. Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
  4. United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
  5. Foley, William A. (2018). "The Languages of the Sepik-Ramu Basin and Environs". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 197–432. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
  6. Davies, J. and Comrie, B. "A linguistic survey of the Upper Yuat". In Adams, K., Lauck, L., Miedema, J., Welling, F., Stokhof, W., Flassy, D., Oguri, H., Collier, K., Gregerson, K., Phinnemore, T., Scorza, D., Davies, J., Comrie, B. and Abbott, S. editors, Papers in New Guinea Linguistics No. 22. A-63:275-312. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1985. doi:10.15144/PL-A63.275
  7. Greenhill, Simon (2016). "TransNewGuinea.org - database of the languages of New Guinea". Retrieved 2020-11-05.

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Le tapei est une langue papoue parlée en Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée dans la province de Sepik oriental.


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