Lepki language
Lepki | |
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Native to | |
Native speakers | (530 cited 1991)[1] |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | lpe |
Glottolog | lepk1238 |
ELP | Lepki |
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.
Øystein Lund Andersen (2007) has unpublished ethnography on the Lepki[2] that includes a word list.[3]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
References
- ^ Lepki at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ "Glottolog 4.4 - Andersen, Øystein Lund 2007".
- ^ Andersen, Øystein Lund (July 2007). "The Lepki people of Sogber River, New Guinea" (PDF). Cenderawasih University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2018.
- ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
Further reading
- Andersen, Øystein Lund. 2007. The Lepki People of Sogber River, New Guinea. MA thesis, University of Cenderawasih, Jayapura.