Alternate Names: East Elema, Melaripi, Motumotu
Dialects: Kaipi (Melaripi), Sepoe, Toaripi (Moripi-Iokea, Moveave).
Genealogy:
Demographics: 23,000 (1977 SIL).
Language Use: Used as L2 by Kaki Ae [tbd], Tairuma [uar].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 15%–25%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%. Bible: 1983.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea