Kopar language

{{Short description|Lower Sepik language of Papua New Guinea}} {{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.<ref name=e25/><ref name="UN-PNG">{{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}}</ref> 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}}).<ref name="Tayap-Kulick2019"/>{{rp|349}}

==Status== Kopar is a moribund language.<ref name="Tayap-Kulick2019">{{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 }}</ref>{{rp|350}} It has historically influenced Tayap, a language isolate.<ref name="Tayap-Kulick2019"/>{{rp|349}}

==Further reading== * William A.Foley (2022) "A Sketch Grammar of Kopar". Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton

==References== {{reflist}} {{Languages of Papua New Guinea}} {{Ramu–Lower Sepik languages}} {{Authority control}}

Category:Languages of East Sepik Province Category:Lower Sepik languages