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

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  • Melpa (de)
  • Melpa lingvo (eo)
  • Melpa (fr)
  • Melpa language (en)
  • Język melpa (pl)
  • Língua melpa (pt)
  • Мелпа (ru)
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  • Le melpa, aussi appelé medlpa, est une langue parlée dans la province des Hautes-Terres occidentales en Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée. (fr)
  • 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 is a Pandanus language used during karuka harvest. Melpa has a voiceless velar lateral fricative, written as a double-barred el (Ⱡ, ⱡ). Melpa is notable for its binary counting system. A dictionary of Melpa has been compiled by Stewart, Strathern and Trantow (2011). (en)
  • Мелпа — папуасский язык, который распространён в Папуа-Новой Гвинее, в провинции Уэстерн-Хайлендс. (ru)
  • Język melpa (a. medlpa), także hagen – język transnowogwinejski używany w dystrykcie Hagen w prowincji Western Highlands (Papua-Nowa Gwinea), przez grupę etniczną Melpa. Według danych z 1991 roku posługuje się nim 130 tys. osób. Wykazuje niewielkie zróżnicowanie dialektalne. Występuje w nim rejestr pandanowy. Jest zapisywany alfabetem łacińskim. (pl)
  • Melpa (tambémMedlpa) é uma língua falada por cerca de 130 mil pessoas, predominantemente em Mount Hagen e arredores de , Papua-Nova Guiné. Trata-se de uma língua pandanus usada na colheita de nozes . Melpa apresenta um som consoante fricativo lateral velar surdo escrito como el (Ⱡ, ⱡ) com barra dupla. É notável por seu sistema de contagem binário. (pt)
  • Melpa (auch Medlpa, Hagen) ist eine in der Western Highlands Province von Papua-Neuguinea gesprochene Sprache der Trans-Neuguinea-Sprachen. Sprachcode nach ISO/DIS 639-3: med. Die Sprache wird von schätzungsweise etwa 130.000 Menschen gesprochen (SIL 1991). Sie hat damit eine vergleichsweise große Bedeutung, auch über die Muttersprachler hinaus. Übersetzungen des Neuen Testaments existieren, auch wenn weniger als zehn Prozent der Sprecher in ihrer Muttersprache lesen und schreiben können. Fast alle Melpa-Sprecher verwenden auch die Verkehrssprache Tok Pisin und andere lokale Sprachen (Ek Nii u. a.). (de)
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