Vehes

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Alternate Names: Buasi, Vehees

Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 60% with Mapos Buang , (most similar).

Genealogy:

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

Demographics: 70 (Wurm 2000).

Language Use: Not endangered (2000 D. Tryon); endangered (2000 S. Wurm). Under pressure from Buang Mapos [bzh], Buang Mangga [mmo] and Tok Pisin [tpi] (Wurm 2007).

Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea