Lepki language explained

Lepki
States:	Western New Guinea
Region:	Highland Papua Pegunungan Bintang Regency - Teiraplu, Yetfa, and Aboy districts, west of the Sobger River
Speakers:	530
Date:	1991
Ref:	e18
Familycolor:	Papuan
Fam1:	Pauwasi
Fam2:	South Pauwasi
Fam3:	Yetfa – South Pauwasi
Fam4:	Lepki–Murkim
Iso3:	lpe
Glotto:	lepk1238
Glottorefname:	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Øystein Lund Andersen (2007) has unpublished ethnography on the Lepki^[1] that includes a word list.^[2]

Phonology

Lepki is a tonal language.^[3]

Further reading

• Andersen, Øystein Lund. 2007. The Lepki People of Sogber River, New Guinea. MA thesis, University of Cenderawasih, Jayapura.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Glottolog 4.4 - Andersen, Øystein Lund 2007.
2. Web site: The Lepki people of Sogber River, New Guinea . https://web.archive.org/web/20180127093324/http://papuaweb.org/dlib/lap/andersen/lepki.pdf . 2018-01-27 . Øystein Lund . Andersen . July 2007 . Cenderawasih University.
3. Book: Foley, William A. . William A. Foley

   . William A. Foley . Palmer . Bill . 2018 . The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide . The languages of Northwest New Guinea . The World of Linguistics . 4 . Berlin . De Gruyter Mouton . 433–568 . 978-3-11-028642-7.