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Melpa language

Trans–New Guinea language spoken in Papua New Guinea From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Melpa (Medlpa, Mbowamb) 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.

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Melpa is a Pandanus language used during karuka harvest.[2] Melpa has a voiceless velar lateral fricative, written as a double-barred el (, ⱡ). Melpa is notable for its binary counting system. A dictionary of Melpa has been compiled by Stewart, Strathern and Trantow (2011).[3]

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Numeral system

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Media

Temboka, a dialect of Melpa, is the native language of the Ganiga tribe,[4] who featured prominently in the Highlands Trilogy of documentaries by Robin Anderson and Bob Connolly (First Contact, Joe Leahy's Neighbours, and Black Harvest).

The documentary Ongka's Big Moka also has Melpa dialogue.

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