Ethnologue

Ipili

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Ipili-Paiela, Ipili-Payala

Population

26,000 (2002 SIL), increasing. 13,000 monolinguals.

Location

Enga province: Porgera patrol–post area.

Language Maps

Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification

Dialects

Porgera, Paiela, Tipinini. Paiela and Pogera have minor lexical differences; Tipinini is reportedly similar to Enga [enq].

Typology

SOV.

Language Use

Vigorous. Home. Positive attitudes. Used as L2 by Hewa [ham].

Language Development

Low motivation for literacy. NT: 2008.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Christian, traditional religion.