Bilen

E90064

Cushitic language language

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

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Cushitic language → language →
country	Eritrea →
countryOfficialStatus	recognized minority language in Eritrea →
ethnicGroup	Bilen people →
family	Afroasiatic →
hasAlternativeName	Belen → Bilayn → Bilein → Bilin → Blin → Bogo → Bogos → Keren → North Agaw →
hasGlottocode	bile1251 →
hasISO639-3Code	byn →
hasLinguisticAncestor	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	Agaw languages →
usedIn	education at local level in Eritrea → local media in Eritrea →
wordOrder	SOV →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bilen people →	autonym
Bilen ("Bilin") →	hasAlternativeName
Gash-Barka →	hasEthnicGroup
Eritrea →	recognizedNationalLanguage