Bilua is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
7°55′S156°40′E / 7.92°S 156.66°E / -7.92; 156.66Bilua (also known as Mbilua or Vella Lavella)[2] is the most populous Papuan language spoken in the Solomon Islands.[3] It is a Central Solomon language spoken by about 9,000 people on the island of Vella Lavella. It is one of the four Papuan non-Austronesian languages spoken in the Solomon Islands.[4]
^Bilua at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^"OLAC resources in and about the Bilua language". www.language-archives.org. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
2015) (subscription required) "OLAC resources in and about the Bilualanguage". www.language-archives.org. Retrieved 2017-05-01. Woodley (2002) Obata (2003)...
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summit elevation of 180 metres (590 ft) (Maringe Hill). The local language is Bilualanguage. Ghizo is home to a substantial number of people of I-Kiribati...
of 2,000 to 3,000 years. The Bilualanguage spoken on the island belongs to the Papuan languages, while the other languages of the Solomon Islands belong...
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The East Papuan languages is a defunct proposal for a family of Papuan languages spoken on the islands to the east of New Guinea, including New Britain...
of the world's languages. In addition to listing linguistic materials (grammars, articles, dictionaries) describing individual languages, the database...
Gilbertese. Most of the indigenous languages are Austronesian languages. The Central Solomon languages such as Bilua, Lavukaleve, Savosavo and Touo constitute...
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