Wipi language

Wipi
Wipi
Gidra
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Native speakers	3,500 (1999)
Language family	Trans-Fly Eastern Trans-Fly Wipi; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	gdr
Glottolog	wipi1242

Wipi, also known as Gidra, Jibu or Oriomo,^[2] is a Papuan language of New Guinea. It is a member of the Eastern Trans-Fly family, the other languages of this family being Gizrra, Meriam Mir and Bine. The family has influenced the neighbouring Kiwai language as well as Kalau Lagau Ya.

Distribution[]

Wipi is spoken in fourteen main villages, with the Wipim village as the centre. Wipi speakers occupy a broad swathe of inland territory in the eastern plains between the Fly River and the Torres Strait, specifically around the Oriomo River and .^[3]

Phonology[]

Phonology of the Wipi language:^[4]^[5]

Consonants[]

	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Plosive	p b	t d		k g
Implosive	ɓ
Nasal	m	n		ŋ
Rhotic		ɾ
Fricative		s	ʝ
Lateral		l
Approximant	w

Vowels[]

	Front	Central	Back
High	i	ɨ	u
Mid	e		o
Low		a

References[]

^ Wipi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Wipi language". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
^ Evans, Nicholas (2018). "The languages of Southern New Guinea". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 641–774. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
^ Anne Dondorp and Jae-Wook Shim. 2013 [1997]. Wipi Grammar Essentials. 128pp.
^ SIL; Shim, Jae-Wook (September 2000). "Wipi (Gidra, Oriomo, Jibu) Language [GDR] Daru – Western Province" (PDF). Organised Phonology Data.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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[e18-1] Wipi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[2] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Wipi language". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

[Evans-Southern-3] Evans, Nicholas (2018). "The languages of Southern New Guinea". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 641–774. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.

[4] Anne Dondorp and Jae-Wook Shim. 2013 [1997]. Wipi Grammar Essentials. 128pp.

[5] SIL; Shim, Jae-Wook (September 2000). "Wipi (Gidra, Oriomo, Jibu) Language [GDR] Daru – Western Province" (PDF). Organised Phonology Data.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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