Tayap | |
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Tayap mer | |
Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | Gapun village, Marienberg Rural LLG, East Sepik Province |
Native speakers | less than 50 (2020)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | gpn |
Glottolog | taia1239 |
ELP | Taiap |
Coordinates: 4°01′43″S 144°30′11″E / 4.028746°S 144.50304°E |
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, 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.