Patpatar language

Patpatar, or Gelik, is an Austronesian language spoken in New Ireland Province in Papua New Guinea.

Patpatar
Gelik
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	New Ireland Province
Native speakers	(7,000 cited 1998)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Meso-Melanesian (St George linkage) Patpatar–Tolai Patpatar
Dialects	Pala Sokirik
Language codes
ISO 639-3	gfk
Glottolog	patp1243

Phonology

Phonology of the Patpatar language:^[2][3]

Consonant sounds

	Labial	Alveolar	Dorsal	Glottal
Nasal	m	n	ŋ
Plosive	p b	t d	k g
Fricative		s		h
Rhotic		r
Lateral		l
Glide	w		(j)

Vowel sounds

	Front	Back
High	i	u
Mid	e	o
Low	a