Melpa language
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Melpa | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Mount Hagen District, Western Highlands Province |
Native speakers | 130,000 (1991)[1] |
|
Trans–New Guinea
| |
| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | med |
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 double-barred el (Ⱡ, ⱡ). It is notable for its binary counting system.
| Decimal | Medlpa | Interpretation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | tenda | "one" |
| 2 | ragl | "two" |
| 3 | ragltika | "two-one" |
| 4 | tembokak | "four" |
| 5 | pömp tsi gudl | "one past four" |
| 6 | pömp ragl gudl | "two past four" |
| 7 | pömp ragltika gudl | "twone past four" |
| 8 | engak | "eight" |
| 9 | pömp tsi pip | "one past eight" |
| 10 | pömp ragl pip | "two past eight" |
References
- ↑ Melpa reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
External links
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.