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'''Ngehu''' (also called '''Lo Ngehu''' or simply '''Hu''') is the main language spoken by the [[Ngehu people]] of Awa. Although little is known of the history of the language, both its oral history and its unusual structure point towards an origin as a consciously constructed language. | '''Ngehu''' (also called '''Lo Ngehu''' or simply '''Hu''') is the main language spoken by the [[Ngehu people]] of [[Awa]]. Although little is known of the history of the language, both its oral history and its unusual structure point towards an origin as a consciously constructed language. | ||
It is a right-branching, strongly isolating language, notable for its largely oligoanalytic lexicon, its complete lack of verbs other than the non-inflecting copula '''''i''''', and the lack of any contrastive voicing, with all phonemes except /h/ being voiced. | It is a right-branching, strongly isolating language, notable for its largely oligoanalytic lexicon, its complete lack of verbs other than the non-inflecting copula '''''i''''', and the lack of any contrastive voicing, with all phonemes except /h/ being voiced. | ||