Bukiyip | |
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Mountain Arapesh | |
Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | East Sepik Province |
Native speakers | 16,000 (2003)[1] |
Torricelli
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | ape |
Glottolog | buki1249 |
ELP | Bukiyip |
Bukiyip is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger |
Bukiyip (Bukiyúp), or Mountain Arapesh, is an Arapesh language (Torricelli)[1] spoken by around 16,000 people between Yangoru and Maprik[2] in the East Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea.[3] Bukiyip follows the SVO typology.[1] The Arapesh languages are known for their complex noun-phrase agreement system (Bukiyip has 18 of these noun classes).[4]
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