Bilibil language

E619331

Bilibil is an Oceanic language of the Bel subgroup spoken by the Bilibil people of Papua New Guinea, particularly associated with Bilibil Island near Madang.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Bilibil 3
Bilibil language canonical 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Oceanic language
alternateName Bilibil
linked to: Bilibil language

Bilibil (Papua New Guinea)
Bilibil of Madang
associatedWith Bilibil Island
Madang
contactWith English
Tok Pisin
continent Oceania
country Papua New Guinea
countryOfficialLanguageContext Papua New Guinea multilingual setting
ethnicGroup Bilibil people
glottocode bili1257
glottologName Bilibil
linked to: Bilibil language
hasDialects village-based varieties on Bilibil Island
hasEthnologueEntry Ethnologue (ISO 639-3 brz)
linked to: Ethnologue
hasLinguisticDescription grammatical sketches in Oceanic linguistics literature
hasNeighboringLanguage Bel language cluster
Gedaged language
Takia language
hasWritingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet
ISO639-3 brz
isPartOf Bel language continuum
languageBranch Malayo-Polynesian languages
languageFamily Austronesian languages
languageGroup Oceanic languages
lexifierFamily Austronesian
macroArea Papunesia
region Bismarck Sea area
linked to: Bismarck Sea

northern Papua New Guinea
spokenBy Bilibil people
spokenIn Madang Province
Papua New Guinea
status minority language
potentially endangered
subgroupOf Bel languages
Madang languages
Western Oceanic languages
typologicalFeature SVO basic word order
prefixing and suffixing morphology
usedFor daily communication within Bilibil communities
traditional cultural practices
usedIn Bilibil Island
coastal areas near Madang

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bel languages closelyRelatedTo Bilibil language
Bilibil language glottologName Bilibil
linked to: Bilibil language
Bilibil language alternateName Bilibil
linked to: Bilibil language
Ngero–Vitiaz languages hasMemberLanguage Bilibil
linked to: Bilibil language