Lepki language
Pauwasi language spoken in Western New Guinea
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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.
NativetoWestern New Guinea
RegionHighland Papua: Pegunungan Bintang Regency - Teiraplu, Yetfa, and Aboy districts, west of the Sobger River
EthnicityLepki
Native speakers
(530 cited 1991)[1]| Lepki | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Western New Guinea |
| Region | Highland Papua: Pegunungan Bintang Regency - Teiraplu, Yetfa, and Aboy districts, west of the Sobger River |
| Ethnicity | Lepki |
Native speakers | (530 cited 1991)[1] |
Pauwasi
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | lpe |
| Glottolog | lepk1238 |
| ELP | Lepki |
Øystein Lund Andersen (2007) has unpublished ethnography on the Lepki[2] that includes a word list.[3]