Arop-Lokep language

Arop-Lokep
Region	Vitiaz Strait, Papua New Guinea
Native speakers	3,000 (2000 census)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Oceanic Ngero–Vitiaz Korap Arop-Lokep
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottolog	`arop1243`
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Arop-Lokep (also spelled Arop-Lukep) is an Oceanic language spoken by 3,015 people (as of 2000^[update]) on four islands in the Siassi chain in the Vitiaz Strait in Papua New Guinea.

/ɨ/ is rare.

/ʔ/ is rare.

A sample of Arop-Lokep can be listened to here: http://globalrecordings.net/en/program/C16210