Khehek language
{{Short description|Oceanic language spoken in Papua New Guinea}}
{{Infobox language
|name = Khehek
|nativename = Levei-Ndrehet
|states = Papua New Guinea
|region = West-central Manus Island, Manus Province
|speakers = 1,600
|date = 1991
|ref = e18
|familycolor = Austronesian
|fam2 = Malayo-Polynesian
|fam3 = Oceanic
|fam4 = Admiralty Islands
|fam5 = Eastern Admiralty Islands
|fam6 = Manus
|fam7 = West Manus
|dia1 = Drehet (Ndrehet)
|dia2 = Levei
|iso3 = tlx
|glotto=kheh1237
|glottorefname=Khehek
|notice=IPA
}}
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=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!rowspan="2" colspan="2"| !colspan="2"| Bilabial !rowspan="2"| Alveolar !rowspan="2"| Palatal !rowspan="2"| Velar |
| Plain |
|---|
| rowspan="2"| Stop
! Unaspirated | {{IPA|p}} | {{IPA|pʷ}} | {{IPA|t}} | {{IPA|c}} | {{IPA|k}} |
| Aspirated
| | | | | {{IPA|kʰ}} |
| colspan="2"| Fricative
| | | {{IPA|s}} | | {{IPA|h}} |
| colspan="2"| Nasal
| {{IPA|m}} | {{IPA|mʷ}} | {{IPA|n}} | | {{IPA|ŋ}} |
| colspan="2"| Prenasalized trill
| | | {{IPA|nᵈr}} | | |
| colspan="2"| Lateral
| | | {{IPA|l}} | | |
| colspan="2"| Trill
| | | {{IPA|r}} | | |
| colspan="2"| Semivowel
| {{IPA|w}} | | | {{IPA|j}} | |
References
{{Reflist}}
Further reading
- {{cite journal |author=Blust, Robert |author-link=Robert Blust |year=2005 |title=Must sound change be linguistically motivated? |journal=Diachronica |volume=22 |issue=2 |pages=219–269 |doi=10.1075/dia.22.2.02blu}}
External links
- Kaipuleohone's Robert Blust collections include written and audio materials on the Levei dialect as well as [https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/33171 written] and [https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/4683 audio materials] on the Drehet dialect
{{Languages of Papua New Guinea}}
{{Admiralty Islands languages}}