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Oksapmin

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3: opm

Population	8,000 (1991 SIL).
Region	Sandaun Province, Telefomin District, southwest Sepik Hill languages border.
Language maps	Papua New Guinea, Map 5, reference number 237 Papua New Guinea, Map 8, reference number 237
Dialects	Not closely related to other languages. Several dialects.
Classification	Trans-New Guinea, Oksapmin
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 25%–50%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Dictionary. NT: 1992.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	SOV. Swidden agriculturalists.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

BORAM, C.; LAWRENCE, Marshall, authors. 1977. "Difficulties in communication and social perception in Oksapmin society."

LAWRENCE, Helen, author. 1972. "Viewpoint and location in Oksapmin."

LAWRENCE, Marshall, author. 1970. Oksapmin discourse and paragraph structure.

LAWRENCE, Marshall, author. 1971. "Oksapmin clause structure."  

LAWRENCE, Marshall, author. 1972. "Oksapmin sentence structure."

LAWRENCE, Marshall, author. 1972. "Structure and function of Oksapmin verbs."

LAWRENCE, Marshall, author. 1977. Quotations in Oksapmin.  

LAWRENCE, Marshall, author. 1977. Verb morphology and discourse prosodies.  

LAWRENCE, Marshall, author. 1987. "Viewpoint in Oksapmin."

LAWRENCE, Marshall, author. 1992. "The five components of a literacy programme."

LAWRENCE, Marshall, compiler. 1992. Oksapmin Organised Phonology Data.  

LAWRENCE, Marshall, compiler. 1993. Oksapmin dictionary.  

LAWRENCE, Marshall, compiler. 2005. Oksapmin dictionary.  

LAWRENCE, Marshall, compiler. 2006. Oksapmin dictionary.  

LONGACRE, Robert E., author. 1972. Hierarchy and universality of discourse constituents in New Guinea languages: Discussion.

LONGACRE, Robert E., author. 1972. Hierarchy and universality of discourse constituents in New Guinea languages: Texts.

Vernacular Publications

Braak mengaa 1-3. 1980.

Braak Mengaa 4. 1981.

Erer meng-sang-oh. 1976.

Kat meng baraakaa. 1978.

Mong ma timbɨs hɨtipra ohe meng oh. 1983.

Sekai meng sang oh. 1978.