Khehek language

Khehek
Khehek
Levei-Ndrehet
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	West-central Manus Island, Manus Province
Native speakers	(1,600 cited 1991)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Admiralty Islands Eastern Admiralty Islands Manus West Manus Khehek; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Drehet (Ndrehet); Levei;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tlx
Glottolog	kheh1237
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Khehek is an Oceanic language spoken by approximately 1600 people on west-central Manus Island, Manus Province of Papua New Guinea. It has two dialects, Drehet and Levei, which are sometimes considered separate languages.

Phonology

The following description is of the Drehet dialect.

Consonants

		Bilabial		Alveolar	Palatal	Velar
		Plain	Labialized	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Stop	Unaspirated	p	pʷ	t	c	k
Stop	Aspirated					kʰ
Fricative				s		h
Nasal		m	mʷ	n		ŋ
Prenasalized trill				nᵈr
Lateral				l
Trill				r
Semivowel		w			j

References

^ Khehek at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

External links

Kaipuleohone's Robert Blust collections include written and audio materials on the Levei dialect as well as written and audio materials on the Drehet dialect

[e18-1] Khehek at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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Phonology

Consonants

References

Further reading

External links