Bilen

E90064

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

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Bilen canonical 15
Bilin 1

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

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