Harshen Eipo

Eipo (Eipomek), ko Lik,  Mutanen Eipo da ke zaune a bakin kogin Eipo ne suka yi magana da yaran . An rabuta shie a   ƙamus ɗinsa tare da Una da Tanime, kuma sun zama yanki na yare ɗaya. 

 Rarraba 
Eipo na cikin yankin  Gabas na yarukan Mek, wanda shine dangin harsuna masu alaƙa da juna waɗanda ke cikin ƙungiyar Harsunan Trans-New Guinea.

 Yankin da aka rarraba 
Kimanin mutane 3,000 ne ke magana da yaren Eipo a gefen Kogin Eipo a kwarin Eipomek, wanda ke cikin gabashin tsaunuka na Highland Papua . 

 Fasahar sauti 

 Sautin da aka yi amfani da shi 
Eipo yana nuna waɗannan ƙayyadaddun sauti 16 masu zuwa: 
+Sautin da ke tattare da shi BiyuwaHanci da hakora<br id="mwNg">AlveolarPalatalVelarPlosivepb  tdc kɡFricative βf s     Hanci m   n   ŋTap ko flap     ɾ    Kusanci       j  

 /p/ yana nuna labialized [pwɵ] . 
 /c/ yana nuna  mai ɗanɗano.

 Sautin sautin 
Eipo yana da sautuna biyar: 
+Magana na Monophthong A gabaTsakiyaKomawaKusai uBude-tsakiyae oBude a 
Ba a ɗaukar Diphthongs a matsayin alamomi daban-daban.

 Harshen harshe 

 Yanayin Yanayi 
Eipo gabaɗaya yana ware harshe, amma yana nuna tsarin da aka tsara na haɗuwa a cikin kalma.

 Rubuce-rubuce 
Tsarin kalma na yau da kullun na Eipo shine batun-abu-kalma (SOV).

 Deictics 
Eipo yana da nau'ikan sararin samaniya guda huɗu kawai, waɗanda galibi suna tare da nuna alamomi, tunda ana amfani da nau'in yayin sadarwa ta fuska da fuska don komawa ga matsayi da ke da alaƙa da mutum.

 a- 'a nan'
 ei- 'Sai- a can'
 ou-, u- 'a can'
 ko-, er- 'a gefen can' ('a gefen kwarin") 

 Tambayoyi 
Eipo yana da tambayoyi masu yawa: : 95

 yate 'me?, wane?, wane irin?"
 Yacht NNN 'Wane ne?"
 yate ya ci 'me ya sa? (me ya sa) "
 yate arye 'me ya sa? (mece dalili) "
 yate-barye 'me ya sa?"
 yate-sum 'yaushe? (wato rana/lokaci) "

 dan- 'inda?, ina zuwa, inda'
 dan-segum 'inda yake? (kimanin wuri) "
 dan-tam ("inda gefen") 'inda, inda, inda"
 dan-ak ("inda yake") 'inda, inda, inda"

 Tsarin rubuce-rubuce 
Eipo ba a rubuce-rubuce ba ne a tarihi, amma a cikin 'yan shekarun nan an tsara haruffa na Latin don shi. Darajar harafin galibi sune na haruffa na IPA da aka bayar a sama, ban da ⟨ng⟩="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)" typeof="mw:Transclusion">/β/ Ōi,  Ōی, da  Ōy.

 Manazarta 

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