Trans-New Guinea family
Melpa
c. 1500 CE – today Living
Melpa (c. 1500 CE – today) is a living Trans-New Guinea language. Lineage: Proto-Trans-New Guinea → Melpa.
See Melpa on the interactive map- Speakers
- 130K (130,000)
- ISO 639-3
- med
- Glottocode
- medl1238
Chimbu–Wahgi branch; spoken around Mount Hagen in the Western Highlands. Start date is nominal.
Lineage
- Proto-Trans-New Guineac. 5,000 BCE – 4,000 BCE
- Melpac. 1500 CE – today
Sister languages 2
Also descended from Proto-Trans-New Guinea.