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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Bilibil 3
Bilibil language canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language ⓘ
Oceanic language ⓘ
alternateName Bilibil ⓘ
linked to: Bilibil language

Bilibil (Papua New Guinea) ⓘ
Bilibil of Madang ⓘ
associatedWith Bilibil Island ⓘ
Madang ⓘ
contactWith English ⓘ
Tok Pisin ⓘ
continent Oceania ⓘ
country Papua New Guinea ⓘ
countryOfficialLanguageContext Papua New Guinea multilingual setting ⓘ
ethnicGroup Bilibil people ⓘ
glottocode bili1257 ⓘ
glottologName Bilibil ⓘ
linked to: Bilibil language
hasDialects village-based varieties on Bilibil Island ⓘ
hasEthnologueEntry Ethnologue (ISO 639-3 brz) ⓘ
linked to: Ethnologue
hasLinguisticDescription grammatical sketches in Oceanic linguistics literature ⓘ
hasNeighboringLanguage Bel language cluster ⓘ
Gedaged language ⓘ
Takia language ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet
ISO639-3 brz ⓘ
isPartOf Bel language continuum ⓘ
languageBranch Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
languageGroup Oceanic languages ⓘ
lexifierFamily Austronesian ⓘ
macroArea Papunesia ⓘ
region Bismarck Sea area ⓘ
linked to: Bismarck Sea

northern Papua New Guinea ⓘ
spokenBy Bilibil people ⓘ
spokenIn Madang Province ⓘ
Papua New Guinea ⓘ
status minority language ⓘ
potentially endangered ⓘ
subgroupOf Bel languages ⓘ
Madang languages ⓘ
Western Oceanic languages ⓘ
typologicalFeature SVO basic word order ⓘ
prefixing and suffixing morphology ⓘ
usedFor daily communication within Bilibil communities ⓘ
traditional cultural practices ⓘ
usedIn Bilibil Island ⓘ
coastal areas near Madang ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Bel languages → closelyRelatedTo → Bilibil language ⓘ
Bilibil language → glottologName → Bilibil ⓘ
linked to: Bilibil language
Bilibil language → alternateName → Bilibil ⓘ
linked to: Bilibil language
Ngero–Vitiaz languages → hasMemberLanguage → Bilibil ⓘ
linked to: Bilibil language