Bilua language
| Bilua | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Solomon Islands |
| Region | Vella Lavella Island, Western Province. |
Native speakers | 8,700 (1999)[1] |
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Central Solomons
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
blb |
| Glottolog |
bilu1245[2] |
Bilua is the most populous Papuan language spoken in the Solomon Islands. It is a Central Solomons language spoken by about 9000 people on the island of Vella Lavella.
References
- ↑ Bilua at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Bilua". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
Obata, Kazuko (2003). A grammar of Bilua: A Papuan language of the Solomon Islands. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics 540.
External links
- Paradisec open access collection of recordings of Bilua.
Coordinates: 7°55′S 156°40′E / 7.92°S 156.66°E
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