# Kopar language

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{{Short description|Lower Sepik language of Papua New Guinea}}
{{Infobox language
  |name=Kopar
  |region=[East Sepik Province](/source/East_Sepik_Province)
  |states=[Papua New Guinea](/source/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](/source/Ramu%E2%80%93Lower_Sepik_languages)
  |fam2=[Lower Sepik](/source/Lower_Sepik_languages) (Nor–Pondo)
  |fam3=[Nor](/source/Nor_languages)?
  |iso3=xop
  |glotto=kopa1248
  |glottorefname=Kopar
}}

'''Kopar''' is a [Lower Sepik language](/source/Lower_Sepik_language) of [Marienberg Rural LLG](/source/Marienberg_Rural_LLG), [East Sepik Province](/source/East_Sepik_Province), [Papua New Guinea](/source/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](/source/Marienberg_Rural_LLG), [East Sepik Province](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Tayap_language), 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}}
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Category:Languages of East Sepik Province
Category:Lower Sepik languages

{{Papuan-lang-stub}}

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