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.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
Oceanic language ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Bilibil
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bilibil (Papua New Guinea) ⓘ Bilibil of Madang ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Bilibil Island
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Madang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contactWith |
English
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tok Pisin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Oceania ⓘ |
| country | Papua New Guinea ⓘ |
| countryOfficialLanguageContext | Papua New Guinea multilingual setting ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Bilibil people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottocode | bili1257 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Bilibil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialects | village-based varieties on Bilibil Island ⓘ |
| hasEthnologueEntry | Ethnologue (ISO 639-3 brz) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticDescription | grammatical sketches in Oceanic linguistics literature ⓘ |
| hasNeighboringLanguage |
Bel language cluster
ⓘ
Gedaged language NERFINISHED ⓘ Takia language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| ISO639-3 | brz ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Bel language continuum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| languageGroup | Oceanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lexifierFamily | Austronesian ⓘ |
| macroArea | Papunesia ⓘ |
| region |
Bismarck Sea area
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
northern Papua New Guinea ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Bilibil people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Madang Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Papua New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status |
minority language
ⓘ
potentially endangered ⓘ |
| subgroupOf |
Bel languages
ⓘ
Madang languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Oceanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
SVO basic word order
ⓘ
prefixing and suffixing morphology ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication within Bilibil communities
ⓘ
traditional cultural practices ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Bilibil Island
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
coastal areas near Madang ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.