| Bukiyip | |
|---|---|
| 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]
- ^ a b c Bukiyip at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Dobrin, Lise Miriam. Phonological form, morphological class, and syntactic gender : the noun class systems of Papua New Guinea Arapeshan. OCLC 42975575.
- ^ Juagu, Junny (2008). Bukiyip dictionary. ISBN 978-9980033833. OCLC 892628484.
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