====== Ipili ======

Timothy Usher, Santa Fe Institute

===== Situation =====
Ipili is spoken south of the Lagaip River, a tributary of the Strickland, in the area around Porgera in the central west portion of Papuan New Guinea's Enga Province.

===== Sources =====
Franklin (1974) 15 Ipili reflexes of Proto-Engan, reprinted in Franklin and Franklin (1978: 84-85)

Franklin (1975: 264-268) 94 Ipili reflexes of Proto-Engan

===== Phonology =====
There is no published phonology of Ipili.

===== Pronouns =====
Franklin (1975: 264-268) gives the following personal pronouns for Ipili. There appears to be no distinction between second and third person dual and plural forms, respectively:

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|1 sg.  |ni(-mba)    |
|2 sg.  |(n)i-mba    |
|3 sg.  |(e)-mba-ka  |
|1 pl.  |[unattested]|
|2/3 pl.|jaka-mba    |
|1 dl.  |nali-pa     |
|2/3 dl.|lija-mba    |

No first person plural form is given.

===== Verbal morphology =====
Nothing is known about Ipili verbal morphology.\\
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