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Melpa language

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Native to
  
Writing system
  
Native speakers
  
(130,000 cited 1991)

ISO 639-3
  
med

Language family
  
Trans–New GuineaChimbu–WahgiHagenMelpa

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.

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References

Melpa language Wikipedia


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