Bilua
E533108
Bilua is an Oceanic language spoken primarily on Vella Lavella Island in the Solomon Islands.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mbilua | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Oceanic language
ⓘ
Papuan language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| continent | Oceania ⓘ |
| country | Solomon Islands ⓘ |
| dataAsOf | early 21st century ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Bilua people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottologCode | bilu1245 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Bilua NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlignmentType | nominative-accusative ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Bilua (Vella Lavella)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vella Lavella NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasClauseStructure | postpositional phrases ⓘ |
| hasDialects | none or not well-documented ⓘ |
| hasDocumentation |
descriptive grammars
ⓘ
lexicons ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticTypology |
head-marking
ⓘ
verb-final ⓘ |
| hasMorphologyType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasNominalClassification | gender-like distinctions ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfSpeakers | approximately 9000 ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
simple consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasStressPattern | predictable stress ⓘ |
| hasVerbalMorphology | rich tense-aspect-mood system ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| iso639-3Code | blb ⓘ |
| languageContactWith |
English
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Solomon Islands Pijin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Central Solomon languages
ⓘ
Indo-Pacific languages ⓘ Papuan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | UTC+11 ⓘ |
| macroArea | Papunesia ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguages |
Lavukaleve
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Savosavo NERFINISHED ⓘ Touo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryLanguageOf | Vella Lavella communities ⓘ |
| region | Vella Lavella Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Solomon Islands
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vella Lavella Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Central Solomon language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication
ⓘ
traditional oral literature ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mbilua