Bine | Ethnologue

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639: bon
Alternate Names: Oriomo, Pine
Autonym: Bine
Population: 2,050 (2000 census).
Location:: Western province: Daru district, south of Fly river.
Language Status: 5 (Developing).
Classification: Eastern Trans-Fly
Dialects: Kunini, Boze-Giringarede, Sogal, Masingle, Tate, Irupi-Drageli, Sebe.
Typology: SOV.
Language Use: Used by all. Also use English [eng] (Döhler 2019). Also use Tok Pisin [tpi] (Döhler 2019).
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 50%–75%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Videos. NT: 1993.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Bine
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: Western province: Daru district, south of Fly river.