Toaripi

WALS coordinates: 8° 20′ S, 146° 15′ E

spoken in Papua New Guinea

Alternative Names

Ethnologue:
Ruhlen:
  • Toaripi
Routledge:
    Other:
    • Motumotu,
    • East Elema
    ISO 639-3:

    Features

    Feature Value References
    Phonology
    Consonant Inventories Small
    Vowel Quality Inventories Average (5-6)
    Consonant-Vowel Ratio Low
    Voicing in Plosives and Fricatives No voicing constrast
    Voicing and Gaps in Plosive Systems Other
    Uvular Consonants None
    Glottalized Consonants No glottalized consonants
    Lateral Consonants /l/, no obstruent laterals
    Front Rounded Vowels None
    Syllable Structure Simple
    Tone No tones
    Absence of Common Consonants All present
    Presence of Uncommon Consonants None
    Lexicon
    Hand and Arm Identical
    Finger and Hand Different