Native to Papua New Guinea Writing system Latin | Native speakers (130,000 cited 1991) ISO 639-3 med | |
Region Mount Hagen District, Western Highlands Province Language family Trans–New Guinea
Chimbu–Wahgi
Hagen
Melpa | ||
Melpa (also written Medlpa) is a Papuan language spoken by about 130,000 people predominantly in Mount Hagen and the surrounding district of Western Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea.
Melpa has a voiceless velar lateral fricative, written as a double-barred el (Ⱡ, ⱡ). It is notable for its binary counting system.
Phonology
Consonants
Vowels
References
Melpa language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA