Ipili is an

Engan language The Engan, or more precisely Enga – Southern Highland , languages are a small language family, family of Papuan languages of the highlands of Papua New Guinea. The two branches of the family are rather distantly related, but were connected by F ...

of the East New Guinea Highlands in

Enga Province Enga is one of the provinces in Papua New Guinea (PNG). It is located in the north most region of the highlands of PNG, having been divided from the Western Highlands to become a separate province when the provinces were created at the time of in ...

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

. There are two dialects, Porgera-Paiela and Tipinini. The latter is similar to Enga. Missionary Terrance Borchard guided translation of the New Testament in the Paiela dialect. Working with the Ipili tribe they developed an alphabet and written language, previously spoken. He began the work in 1969 until his death in Aug. 2014. Literacy work resulted.

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Engan languages Languages of Enga Province Languages of Papua New Guinea {{Papuan-lang-stub