| Waropen | |
|---|---|
| Wonti | |
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | West Papua,Central Papua, andPapua |
Native speakers | (6,000 cited 1987)[1] |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | wrp |
| Glottolog | waro1242 |
 Distribution of the Waropen language on the north coast ofPapua, Indonesia. | |
Waropen (Wonti) is anAustronesian language spoken at theCendrawasih Bay ofPapua, Indonesia. It is a primary branch of theSouth Halmahera–West New Guinea languages.
Dialects are Ambumi, Napan, Mo'or (Moor), and Waropen Kai.
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | ʔ | |
| prenasal | ᵐb | ⁿd | ᵑɡ | |||
| voiced | b | d | ɡ | |||
| Fricative | f | s | ɣ | (h) | ||
| Rhotic | r | |||||
| Approximant | w | j | ||||
/w/ can also be heard as a fricative[β].
/h/ may also exist phonemically in other dialects.[2]
Sounds/w,j/ can be heard as vowels[ʊ,ɪ] when after vowel sounds.[3]
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Mid | ɛ ~e | ə | ɔ |
| Open | a |
/ɛ/ may be pronounced as[ɛ] or[e].[2]
InPapua province, it is spoken inMamberamo Raya Regency andWaropen Regency. The Ambumi dialect, also called Waruri, mainly spoken in Ambumi village inWondama Bay Regency,West Papua.[4] Waropen is also spoken southwest to the Rombak River mouth.
Among the Ambumi dialect, there are two groups of speech areas, namely inNabire Regency, including the villages of Napan (considered a separate dialect), Weinami, Masipawe, Makimi, Moor (separate dialect), Mambor, and Ambumi. In addition, there is a speech group that enters theManokwari Regency, inhabits the villages of Yendeman, Saybes, War, Kayob, and Menarbu. Meanwhile, Waropen Kai dialect speakers inhabit the villages of Semanui, Wapoga, Desawa, Waren, and the villages of Paradoi, Sanggei, Mambui, and Nubuai, which are combined in several settlement, namely Urei Faisei, Risei Sayati, Wonti, Bokaro, and Koweda.[5]
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