BIG ISO 639-3
Biangai
Biangai Autonym
A language of Papua New Guinea
- ISO 639
- big
- Autonym
- Biangai
- Population
- 6,230 (Halvaksz 2020). 700 monolinguals.
- Location:
- Morobe province: Wau district, Bulolo river headwaters. 7 villages.
- Language Status
- 5* (Developing).
- Classification
- Trans-New Guinea, Southeast Papuan, Goilalan, Kunimaipa
- Dialects
- Ngowiye, Yongolei.
- Typology
- SOV.
- Language Use
- Also use Tok Pisin [tpi].
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L1: 50%. Literacy rate in L2: 75%–100%. Literacy rate in L1 dropped due to adult reader deaths and the shift of children to Tok Pisin [tpi]. Literacy rate in L2 remains high due to the number of children attending school. NT: 1985.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Biangai
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Morobe province: Wau district, Bulolo river headwaters. 7 villages.
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