Ipili
A language of Papua New Guinea
| Population | 26,000 (2002 SIL), increasing. 50% monolinguals. |
| Region | Enga Province, Porgera patrol post area. |
| Language map |
Papua New Guinea, Map 6, reference number 293 |
| Alternate names | Ipili-Paiela, Ipili-Payala |
| Dialects | Porgera, Paiela, Tipinini. Paiela and Pogera have minor lexical differences; Tipinini is like Enga [enq]. |
| Classification | Trans-New Guinea, Engan, Enga |
| Language use | Vigorous. Home. Positive attitude. |
| Language development | Low motivation for literacy. Bible portions: 1978. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | SOV. Swidden agriculturalists. Christian, traditional religion. |
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Ethnologue: Web |
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