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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. | ||