Vehes

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A language of Papua New Guinea

Alternate Names

Buasi, Vehees

User Population

70 (Wurm 2000).

Morobe province: near the coast between Lae and Salamaua. 1 village.

Language Maps

Papua New Guinea, Map 15

Language Status

7 (Shifting).

Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, North New Guinea, Huon Gulf, South, Hote-Buang, Buang

None known. Lexical similarity: 60% with Mapos Buang [bzh] (most similar).

Not endangered (2000 D. Tryon); endangered (2000 S. Wurm). Under pressure from Mapos Buang [bzh], Mangga Buang [mmo] and Tok Pisin [tpi] (Wurm 2007). Shifting to Tok Pisin [tpi] (Wurm 2007). Also use Mangga Buang [mmo] (Wurm 2007). Also use Mapos Buang [bzh] (Wurm 2007).

Language Resources

OLAC resources in and about Vehes