Kopar is a Lower Sepik language of

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Distribution

The Kopar language is spoken in Kopar village (),

. It is also spoken in the villages of Wongan () and Singrin ().

Status

Kopar is a

moribund language An endangered language or moribund language is a language that is at risk of disappearing as its speakers die out or shift to speaking other languages. Language loss occurs when the language has no more native speakers and becomes a "dead langu ...

. It has historically influenced Tayap, a language isolate.

References

Languages of East Sepik Province Lower Sepik languages {{Papuan-lang-stub