| Lepki | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Western New Guinea |
| Region | Highland Papua: Pegunungan Bintang Regency - Teiraplu, Yetfa, and Aboy districts, west of the Sobger River |
Native speakers | (530 cited 1991)[1] |
Pauwasi
| |
| 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Øystein Lund Andersen (2007) has unpublished ethnography on the Lepki[2] that includes a word list.[3]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
References
- ↑ Lepki at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ↑ "Glottolog 4.4 - Andersen, Øystein Lund 2007".
- ↑ http://papuaweb.org/dlib/lap/andersen/lepki.pdf Archived 2018-01-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ 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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