Karian language
Appearance
Karian | |
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Bilakura | |
Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | Madang Province |
Native speakers | 34 (2007)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | bql |
Glottolog | bila1257 |
ELP | Bilakura |
![]() Bilakura is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger |
Karian (Karen), also called Bilakura, is a nearly extinct Papuan language of Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Boia and Barto villages. Some speakers also live in Malas, a Manep-speaking village.[2]
References
- ^ Karian at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Pick, Andrew (2020). A reconstruction of Proto-Northern Adelbert phonology and lexicon (PDF) (PhD dissertation). University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.