Bilen

E90064

Bilen is a Cushitic language spoken primarily by the Bilen people in central Eritrea.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Bilen canonical 15
Bilin 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Cushitic language ⓘ
language ⓘ
country Eritrea ⓘ
countryOfficialStatus recognized minority language in Eritrea ⓘ
ethnicGroup Bilen people ⓘ
family Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
surface form: Afroasiatic
hasAlternativeName Belén ⓘ
surface form: Belen

Bilayn ⓘ
Bilein ⓘ
Bilen ⓘ
surface form: Bilin

Blin ⓘ
Bogo ⓘ
Bogo ⓘ
surface form: Bogos

Keren ⓘ
North Agaw ⓘ
hasGlottocode bile1251 ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code byn ⓘ
hasLinguisticAncestor Cushitic ⓘ
surface form: Proto-Cushitic
hasLinguisticRelation Awngi ⓘ
Kemantney ⓘ
Qimant ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature case marking ⓘ
gender distinction ⓘ
verbal aspect marking ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature emphatic consonants ⓘ
vowel length contrast ⓘ
isEndangeredStatus vulnerable ⓘ
languageBranch Cushitic ⓘ
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
neighboringLanguages Arabic ⓘ
Saho ⓘ
Tigre ⓘ
Tigrinya ⓘ
primaryReligionOfSpeakers Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
region Anseba Region ⓘ
Keren ⓘ
script Geʽez script ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ
spokenBy Bilen people ⓘ
spokenIn Eritrea ⓘ
central Eritrea ⓘ
subfamilyOf Kunama languages ⓘ
surface form: Agaw languages
usedIn education at local level in Eritrea ⓘ
local media in Eritrea ⓘ
wordOrder SOV ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

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

Bilen → hasAlternativeName → Bilen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bilin
Bilen people → autonym → Bilen ⓘ
Gash‑Barka → hasEthnicGroup → Bilen ⓘ
subject surface form: Gash-Barka
Bilein → hasAutonym → Bilen ⓘ
North Agaw → endonym → Bilen ⓘ
Bogo → alsoKnownAs → Bilen ⓘ
Bogo → hasAutonym → Bilen ⓘ
Bilen language → nativeName → Bilen ⓘ
Bilayn → alternativeNameOf → Bilen ⓘ
Bilayn → spellingVariantOf → Bilen ⓘ
Bilayn → refersTo → Bilen ⓘ
Bilayn → hasCanonicalForm → Bilen ⓘ