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Khehek language

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Native to
  
Papua New Guinea

Dialects
  
Drehet (Ndrehet) Levei

Native speakers
  
(1,600 cited 1991)

ISO 639-3
  
tlx

Region
  
West-central Manus Island, Manus Province

Language family
  
Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Admiralty Islands Eastern Admiralty Islands Manus West Manus Khehek

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.

References

Khehek language Wikipedia