Elepi language

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Elepi
Elapi, Samap, Blabla
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionEast Sepik Province
Native speakers
330 (2003)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3ele
Glottologelep1240
Coordinates: 3°44′16″S 143°55′59″E / 3.737823°S 143.933158°E / -3.737823; 143.933158 (Samap 1)

Elepi (also Elapi, Samap, Blabla[2]) is a Torricelli language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Samap village (3°44′16″S 143°55′59″E / 3.737823°S 143.933158°E / -3.737823; 143.933158 (Samap 1)) of Turubu Rural LLG, East Sepik Province.[3][4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Elepi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Foley, William A. (2018). "The Languages of the Sepik-Ramu Basin and Environs". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 197–432. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
  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.
  4. ^ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.