Bilen language

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Name (Hebrew)
שפת בילן
Name (Latin)
Bilen language
Name (Arabic)
لغة بيلين
Other forms of name
Balen language
Belein language
Belen language
Beleni language
Bilayn language
Bilein language
Bilene language
Bileninya language
Bileno language
nne Bilin language
Bogo language (Cushitic)
Bogos language
North Agaw language
See Also From tracing topical name
Cushitic languages
See Also From tracing place name
Eritrea
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata: Q56491
Library of congress: sh 85014026
Sources of Information
  • Ethnologue, 2000:under Eritrea (Bilen, also Bogo, Bogos, Bilayn, Bilin, Balen, Beleni, Belen, Bilein, Bileno North Agaw)
  • Voegelin lang.:p. 119 (Bilin, also Bilen, Belein, Bilayn, Bileno, Bileninya, Bogo(s))
  • Web site blina.net, Oct. 8, 2003(Blin, Bilin, Bogos)
  • Ethnologue, Oct. 23, 2018(Bilen, a language of Eritrea; byn; UF Balen, Belen, Beleni, Bilayn, Bilein, Bilene, Bileno, Bilin, Bogo, Bogos, North Agaw; autonym: Blin; classification: Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic, Central, Northern; Bogo also an alternate name for the Igo language of Togo)
Wikipedia description:

The Bilen language (ብሊና b(ɨ)lina or ብሊን b(ɨ)lin) is spoken by the Bilen people in and around the city of Keren in Eritrea. It is the only Agaw (Central Cushitic) language spoken in Eritrea. It is spoken by about 72,000 people.

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