Urat (Wasep, Wusyep) is a
Torricelli language
Torricelli, or Lou, is a Torricelli language of East Sepik province, Papua New Guinea. There is little data to classify it, and it is therefore left unclassified within Torricelli by Ross (2005).
References
Torricelli languages
Langua ...
spoken by a decreasing number of people in
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...
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It is spoken by 2,480 people in Wasep Ngau (North Urat dialect), 2,060 in Wusyep Yihre (Central Urat dialect), 1,210 in Wasep Yam (South Urat dialect), and 550 in Wusyep Tep (East Urat dialect).
Phonology
Unusually for a Papuan language, Urat has four voiceless liquids and semivowels, which are ɬ, r̥, w̥, and j̥. Urat consonants are:
Pronouns
Pronouns are:
Further reading
*Barnes, Barney. 1989. ''Urat Grammar Essentials''. Unpublished manuscript. Ukarumpa, PNG: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
References
{{Languages of Papua New Guinea
Urim languages
Languages of East Sepik Province