ISO 639-3 · medmed
Trans–New Guinea family
Melpa
Melpa is a language of the Chimbu–Wahgi branch (Trans–New Guinea), spoken in Papua New Guinea. Wikidata describes it as “Chimbu-wahgi language of Papua New Guinea”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
med- Glottocode
melp1238- Family
- Trans–New Guinea
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- Wikipedia
- 14 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
2levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Melpa |
|---|---|
| Also called | Melpa language, Meldpa, Meldpa language |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Trans–New Guinea to Melpa
The branches above Melpa, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Papua New Guinea
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationaltpiTok Pisinunclassified · 4.1 m1 · NationalenqEngaTrans–New Guinea · 230,0005 · DevelopinghmoHiri MotuAustronesian · 120,0003 · Wider CommunicationksdTolaiAustronesian · 81,0003 · Wider CommunicationmeuMotuAustronesian · 39,0005 · DevelopingazrAdzeraAustronesian · 30,0004 · EducationalsnpSianeunclassified · 29,0005 · DevelopingagdAgarabiunclassified · 27,0006a · VigorousgahAlekanoTrans–New Guinea · 25,0007 · Shifting