Toaripi language

Toaripi
Toaripi
East Elema
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Gulf Province
Native speakers	(23,000 cited 1977)
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Eleman nuclear Eleman Eastern Toaripi; ; ; ;
Dialects	Kaipi (Melaripi); Toaripi (Moripi-Iokea, Moveave); Sepoe;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tqo
Glottolog	toar1246

Toaripi, or East Elema, is a Trans–New Guinea language of Papua New Guinea.

Phonology

		Labial	Alveolar	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n
Plosive		p	t	k
Fricative	voiceless	f	s		h
Fricative	voiced	v
Rhotic			r
Lateral			l

^ Toaripi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ ^a ^b Brown, Herbert A. (1973). The Eleman Language Family. In Karl J. Franklin (ed.), The Linguistic Situation in the Gulf District and Adjacent Areas, Papua New Guinea: Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. pp. 281–376.
^ "Toaripi Language [TPI] Gulf Province". Organized Phonology Data. SIL.