Arop-Lokep language
# Arop-Lokep language

Arop-Lokep (also spelled Arop-Lukep) is an Oceanic language spoken by 3,015 people (as of 2000) on four islands in the Siassi chain in the Vitiaz Strait in Papua New Guinea.

## Phonology

### Vowels

| | Front | Central | Back |
| - | - | - | - |
| Close | i | ɨ | u |
| Close-mid | | | o |
| Open-mid | ɛ | | ɔ |
| Open | a | | |

/ɨ/ is rare.

### Consonants

| | | Bilabial | Alveolar | Velar | Glottal |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Stop | Voiceless | p | t | k | ʔ |
| Stop | Voiced | b | d | ɡ | |
| Nasal | Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |
| Fricative | Fricative | | s | | |
| Trill | Trill | | r | | |
| Lateral | Lateral | | l | | |

/ʔ/ is rare.

