| Language name: | EKARI |
| UPSID number: | 8650 |
| Alternate name(s): | EKAGI, KAPAUKI |
| Classification: | Papuan, Trans-New Guinea |
| This language has | 15 segments |
| Its Frequency index is | 0.621729490 (average percentage of segments; 0.1: many very rare segments; 0.39: average; 0.7: many common segments) |
| The language has these sounds: | p t k b d gL m n j w i E a O u |
| Comment: | Ekari is spoken in the Paniai district of Irian Jaya, Indonesia, near the Wissel Lakes. Doble (1987) describes some limited pitch-accent contrasts. All vowels occur long and two-vowel sequences with a high second vowel occur. Other sequences of unlike vowels assimilate and occur as long vowels (e.g. a + e -> ee). |
| Source(s): | Doble, M. 1982. Essays on Kapauku grammar. Nieuw Guinea Studien 6: 152-155. Doble, M. 1987. A description of some features of Ekari language structure. Oceanic Linguistics 26:55-113. Steltenpool, J. 1969. Ekagi-Dutch-English-Indonesian Dictionary. Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague. |