Khehek language
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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 | |||
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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 | ||||
References
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- ↑ Khehek at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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