Khehek language

Khehek
Levei-Ndrehet
Native to Papua New Guinea
Region West-central Manus Island, Manus Province
Native speakers
 1,600  (1991)[1]
Austronesian
Dialects
Drehet (Ndrehet)
Levei
Language codes
ISO 639-3 tlx
Glottolog kheh1237[2]

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 Drehet dialect.

Consonants

Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar
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

References

  1. ↑ Khehek at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Khehek". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.