Lepki language

Pauwasi language spoken in Western New Guinea From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lepki is a Papuan language spoken in Western New Guinea, near its relatives Murkim and Kembra in Highland Papua. Only a few hundred words have been recorded, in hastily collected word lists.

RegionHighland Papua: Pegunungan Bintang Regency - Teiraplu, Yetfa, and Aboy districts, west of the Sobger River
EthnicityLepki
Native speakers
(530 cited 1991)[1]
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Lepki
Native toWestern New Guinea
RegionHighland Papua: Pegunungan Bintang Regency - Teiraplu, Yetfa, and Aboy districts, west of the Sobger River
EthnicityLepki
Native speakers
(530 cited 1991)[1]
Pauwasi
Language codes
ISO 639-3lpe
Glottologlepk1238
ELPLepki
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Øystein Lund Andersen (2007) has unpublished ethnography on the Lepki[2] that includes a word list.[3]

Phonology

Lepki is a tonal language.[4]:466

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