Bilua language
Enlarge text Shrink text-
Topic
|
System number
987007556762005171
-
Save successfulThe item can be found in your Personal ZoneשגיאהLog in to your account to save
Information for Authority record
Name (Hebrew)
שפת בילוא
Name (Latin)
Bilua language
Name (Arabic)
لغة بيلوا
Other forms of name
Mbilua language
Vella Lavella language
See Also From tracing topical name
Papuan languages
See Also From tracing place name
Solomon Islands
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q35003
Library of congress:
sh2002007609
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Kai kuimaekinio, vuesilina Metodisi qoqono ko: Bilua pesio kale, 1928.
- Ethnologue.
- Wurm, S.A. Language atlas of the Pacific area, 1981:map 15 part 1.
- Solomon Island bibliography to 1980, 1985.
Wikipedia description:
Bilua (also known as Mbilua or Vella Lavella) is the most populous Papuan language spoken in the Solomon Islands. 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.
Read more on Wikipedia >