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Bisis language

Coordinates: 4°28′11″S 143°08′41″E / 4.46974°S 143.144677°E / -4.46974; 143.144677 (Yembiyembi)
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Bisis
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionEast Sepik Province
Native speakers
450 (2000 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3bnw
Glottologbisi1244
ELPBisis
Coordinates: 4°28′11″S 143°08′41″E / 4.46974°S 143.144677°E / -4.46974; 143.144677 (Yembiyembi)

Bisis is a Sepik language spoken in East Sepik Province, Papua-New Guinea. It is spoken in three villages, including Yembiyembi (4°28′11″S 143°08′41″E / 4.46974°S 143.144677°E / -4.46974; 143.144677 (Yembiyembi)) of Gawi Rural LLG in East Sepik Province.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Bisis at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
  3. ^ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.