Wampar

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639: lbq
Alternate Names: Laewamba, Laewomba, Laiwomba
Population: 15,000 (Beer and Bender 2015).
Location:: Morobe province: lower Markham and Wamped rivers.
Language Status: 6b (Threatened).
Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, North New Guinea, Huon Gulf, Markham, Lower, Wampar
Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 50% with Adzera [adz].
Typology: Consonants: 14, Vowels: 5.
Language Use: In some places, children learn Tok Pisin [tpi] first (Beer and Bender 2015). Fluent use by most children throughout language area. Writing used for unofficial purposes such as writing letters. Some use in education (2020 SIL). Some young people, all adults. Also use Tok Pisin [tpi] (Beer and Schroedter 2014).
Language Development: NT: 1984.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Wampar
Writing: Latin script [Latn].
Other Comments: Different from Wampur [waz] on the Wanton river.

Location: Morobe province: lower Markham and Wamped rivers.