Bipi language

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Bipi
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionBipi and , Manus Province
Native speakers
(1,200 cited 1990)[1]
Language family
Austronesian
  • Malayo-Polynesian
    • Oceanic
      • Admiralty Islands
        • Eastern Admiralty Islands
          • Manus
            • West Manus
              • Bipi
Language codes
ISO 639-3biq
Glottologbipi1237

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

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Bipi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

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