Bipi language

The Bipi language is the westernmost West Manus language. It is spoken by approximately 1200 people on the Bipi and Sisi Islands off the west coast of Manus Island, Manus Province of Papua New Guinea. It has SVO word order.[1]

Bipi
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionBipi and Sisi Islands, Manus Province
Native speakers
(1,200 cited 1990)[1]
Austronesian
Language codes
ISO 639-3biq
Glottologbipi1237[2]

References

  1. Bipi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Bipi". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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