Bilen language

E392888

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

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Bilen language canonical 8

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Cushitic language ⓘ
language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo other Agaw languages ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Eritrea ⓘ
countryOfficialStatus not an official language of Eritrea ⓘ
endangermentStatus vulnerable ⓘ
ethnicGroup Bilen people ⓘ
family Cushitic ⓘ
glottologName Bilin ⓘ
linked to: Blin
hasAlternativeName Belen ⓘ
Bilin ⓘ
Blin ⓘ
hasBasicWordOrder SOV ⓘ
hasEthnologueEntry Bilen ⓘ
hasGlottocode bile1251 ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code byn ⓘ
hasLinguasphereCode 12-AAC-a ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative ⓘ
hasNeighborLanguage Saho language ⓘ
Tigre language ⓘ
Tigrinya language ⓘ
linked to: Tigrinya
hasNumberOfSpeakers tens of thousands ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature emphatic consonants ⓘ
vowel length contrast ⓘ
influencedBy Arabic language ⓘ
linked to: Arabic

Tigre language ⓘ
Tigrinya language ⓘ
linked to: Tigrinya
isSpokenByMinority true ⓘ
languageBranch Central Cushitic ⓘ
languageStatus minority language ⓘ
nativeName Bilen ⓘ
Blin ⓘ
primaryRegion Anseba Region ⓘ
Keren area ⓘ
regionType highland Eritrea ⓘ
spokenIn East Africa ⓘ
Eritrea ⓘ
subfamily Agaw languages ⓘ
usedBy Bilen community in Eritrea ⓘ
usedInDomain local media ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
religious contexts ⓘ
writingSystem Geʽez script ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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

Bilen people → language → Bilen language ⓘ
Bilen people → nativeNameLanguage → Bilen language ⓘ
Anseba → hasLanguage → Bilen language ⓘ
Eritrean → languageDiversityContext → Bilen language ⓘ
Bilein → languageSpoken → Bilen language ⓘ
North Agaw → alternativeName → Bilen language ⓘ
Bogo → languageSpoken → Bilen language ⓘ
Agew people → associatedWithLanguage → Bilen language ⓘ