Lepki language

Pauwasi language spoken in Western New Guinea

Lepki
Native toWestern New Guinea
RegionHighland Papua: Pegunungan Bintang Regency - Teiraplu, Yetfa, and Aboy districts, west of the Sobger River
Native speakers
(530 cited 1991)[1]
Language family
Pauwasi
  • South Pauwasi
    • Yetfa – South Pauwasi
      • Lepki–Murkim
        • Lepki
Language codes
ISO 639-3lpe
Glottologlepk1238
ELPLepki

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Øystein Lund Andersen (2007) has unpublished ethnography on the Lepki[2] that includes a word list.[3]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

  1. ^ Lepki at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ "Glottolog 4.4 - Andersen, Øystein Lund 2007".
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Foley, William A. (2018). "The languages of Northwest New Guinea". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 433–568. 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.
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