Awad Bing language
Awad Bing, or Biliau, is an Austronesian language spoken by about 1,100 people in seven villages near Astrolabe Bay, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. Almost all speakers also use Tok Pisin as a second language. Awad Bing is also spoken by a few Ngaing for trading purposes.
| Awad Bing | |
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| Biliau | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Astrolabe Bay area, Madang Province |
Native speakers | 1,500 (2000)[1] |
Austronesian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bcu |
| Glottolog | awad1244[2] |
References
- Awad Bing at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Awad Bing". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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