Keapara

KHZ

developing

Alternate Names: Keopara, Kerepunu

Dialects: Aroma (Aloma, Arona, Galoma), Babaga, Kalo, Kapari, Keapara (Keopara), Lalaura, Maopa, Wanigela. In a chain of related varieties extending to Hula ,.

Genealogy:

Austronesian

Malayo-Polynesian

Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian

Eastern Malayo-Polynesian

Oceanic

Western Oceanic

Papuan Tip

Peripheral

Central Papuan

Sinagoro-Keapara

Demographics: 19,400 (2000 D. Tryon).

Language Development: NT: 2004.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea