Lepki–Murkim languages
The Lepki–Murkim languages are a pair to three recently discovered languages of New Guinea, Lepki, Murkim and possibly Kembra.
Øystein Lund Andersen has written an ethnography sketch on the Lepki that includes a wordlist of Lepki language and songs.Classification
In 2007, on a Papuan language website, Mark Donohue reported that,
However, Søren Wichmann found that Murkim and Lepki at least appear to be very closely related,
a position accepted by Glottolog.
Usher classifies the three languages in the southern branch of the Pauwasi family. Foley classifies them separately as an independent language family. Foley also classifies Kembra and Kembra as isolates, but does not exclude the possibility of their being related to Lepki–Murkim.Basic vocabulary of Lepki and Murkim showing cognates and non-cognates listed in Foley :
