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Elkei is a severely understudied language spoken in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea. Here, almost 200 lexical items, mainly nouns, a more than threefold increase in the amount of published material on the language, are presented. A phonology is proposed based on minimal pairs, restrictions on syl...

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Published inNusa Vol. 76; no. 1; pp. 29 - 45
Main Authors Elgh, Erik, Persson, Rasmus
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies 31.03.2024
Subjects
Linguistics
Lingvistik
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ISSN0126-2874
2187-7297
2187-7297
DOI10.15026/0002000313

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Summary:Elkei is a severely understudied language spoken in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea. Here, almost 200 lexical items, mainly nouns, a more than threefold increase in the amount of published material on the language, are presented. A phonology is proposed based on minimal pairs, restrictions on syllables, and acoustic analysis. Number and gender declension strategies are also investigated, with some comparison to the closest relative, Olo.
ISSN:0126-2874
2187-7297
2187-7297
DOI:10.15026/0002000313