Karian language

For the Anatolian language, see Carian language and Karen language.
Karian
Bilakura
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionMadang Province
Native speakers
34 (2007)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3bql
Glottologbila1257  Karen
ELPBilakura
Bilakura is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Karian (Karen), also called Bilakura, is a nearly extinct Papuan language of Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Boia and Barto villages. Some speakers also live in Malas, a Manep-speaking village.[2]

References

  1. ^ Karian at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Pick, Andrew (2020). A reconstruction of Proto-Northern Adelbert phonology and lexicon (PDF) (PhD dissertation). University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

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