Khehek | |
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Levei-Ndrehet | |
Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | West-central Manus Island, Manus Province |
Native speakers | (1,600 cited 1991)[1] |
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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 ProvinceofPapua New Guinea. It has two dialects, Drehet and Levei, which are sometimes considered separate languages.
The following description is of the Drehet dialect.
Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |||
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Plain | Labialized | |||||
Stop | Unaspirated | p | pʷ | t | c | k |
Aspirated | kʰ | |||||
Fricative | s | h | ||||
Nasal | m | mʷ | n | ŋ | ||
Prenasalized trill | nᵈr | |||||
Lateral | l | |||||
Trill | r | |||||
Semivowel | w | j |
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