Wampar

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A language of Papua New Guinea

Alternate Names

Laewamba, Laewomba, Laiwomba, Ngaeng Wampar

Dzob Wampar, Wampar

User Population

15,000 (Beer and Bender 2015).

Morobe province: lower Markham and Wamped rivers.

Language Maps

Papua New Guinea, Map 11

Papua New Guinea, Map 15

Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, North New Guinea, Huon Gulf, Markham, Lower, Wampar

None known. Lexical similarity: 50% with Adzera [adz].

Consonants: 14, Vowels: 5.

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. Most also use Tok Pisin [tpi] (Fischer and Beer 2021).

Language Development

Dictionary. NT: 1984.

Language Resources

OLAC resources in and about Wampar

Latin script [Latn].

Different from Wampur [waz] on the Wanton river.