Tapei is an Arafundi language of Papua New Guinea. It is close to Nanubae; the name Alfendio was once used for both.
Locations Kassell, et al. (2018) list Imanmeri, Wambrumas, and Yamandim as the villages where Nanubae is spoken. Additionally, there are some speakers in Imboin, which also has Andai speakers.Kassell, Alison, Bonnie MacKenzie and Margaret Potter. 2018. Three Arafundi Languages: A Sociolinguistic Profile of Andai, Nanubae, and Tapei. SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2017-003.
According to Ethnologue, it is spoken in Awim () and Imboin () villages of Karawari Rural LLG, East Sepik Province.
Phonology
+ConsonantsLabialAlveolarPalatalVelarPlosivePrenasalizedNasalApproximant /c/ varies between [c] and [s]. +VowelsFrontCentralBackHighMidLow
Vocabulary The following basic vocabulary words of Alfendio (Tapei) are from Davies & Comrie (1985),Davies, J. and Comrie, B. "A linguistic survey of the Upper Yuat". In Adams, K., Lauck, L., Miedema, J., Welling, F., Stokhof, W., Flassy, D., Oguri, H., Collier, K., Gregerson, K., Phinnemore, T., Scorza, D., Davies, J., Comrie, B. and Abbott, S. editors, Papers in New Guinea Linguistics No. 22. A-63:275-312. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1985. as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database:
{| class="wikitable sortable" ! gloss !! Alfendio |- ! head | gʌbʌk |- ! hair | gaƀɷkduma |- ! ear | gunduk |- ! eye | nomguamguk |- ! nose | bogok |- ! tooth | ganžik |- ! tongue | danʌmayʌk |- ! leg | banambʌk |- ! louse | yɩmwin |- ! dog | daʷm |- ! pig | yay |- ! bird | gɩnyɛ |- ! egg | mɩnda |- ! blood | ʔʌndi |- ! bone | džɩmpa; ʔežɩmbʌk |- ! skin | gumbukdea |- ! breast | yɩdʌk |- ! tree | ʔɛt |- ! man | nuŋgumidndža |- ! woman | nam |- ! sun | dum |- ! moon | dɩpar |- ! water | yɩm |- ! fire | yam |- ! stone | naŋgum |- ! road, path | ʔɩnduŋ |- ! eat | nʌmbɩdžik |- ! one | kʰundʌpam |- ! two | kʰundamwin
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