Tayap language

Tayap
Tayap mer
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionGapun village, Marienberg Rural LLG, East Sepik Province
Native speakers
less than 50 (2020)[1]
Torricelli[2] or language isolate
  • Sepik Coast
    • Tayap–Marienberg
      • Tayap
Language codes
ISO 639-3gpn
Glottologtaia1239
ELPTaiap
Approximate location where Tayap is spoken
Approximate location where Tayap is spoken
Tayap
Coordinates: 4°01′43″S 144°30′11″E / 4.028746°S 144.50304°E / -4.028746; 144.50304 (Gapun)

Tayap (also spelled Taiap; called Gapun in earlier literature, after the name of the village in which it is spoken) is an endangered Papuan language spoken by fewer than 50 people in Gapun village of Marienberg Rural LLG in East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea (4°01′43″S 144°30′11″E / 4.028746°S 144.50304°E / -4.028746; 144.50304 (Gapun), located just to the south of the Sepik River mouth near the coast).[3][4] It is being replaced by the national language and lingua franca Tok Pisin.

  1. ^ Tayap at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Taiap New Guinea World.
  3. ^ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea Languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International. Archived from the original on 2019-06-03. Retrieved 2019-06-03.
  4. ^ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9. Archived from the original on 2019-06-05. Retrieved 2019-06-07.

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