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Awad Bing

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3: bcu

Population	1,450 (2000 SIL).
Region	Madang Province, Astrolabe Bay area, west of Saidor. 7 villages.
Language map	Papua New Guinea, Map 7, reference number 385
Alternate names	Awad Gey, Biliau, Bing, Samang, Semang, Sengam
Dialects	Biliau, Yamai, Suit, Galeg, Yori. Distinct from, but similar to, Mindiri [mpn] and Wab [wab].
Classification	Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, North New Guinea, Ngero-Vitiaz, Vitiaz, Bel, Astrolabe
Language use	Vigorous. A few Ngaing [nnf] speak it for trade. All domains. All ages. Positive attitude. Also use Tok Pisin [tpi] or English. A few can also speak Gedaged [gdd], the church language.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 61%. Literacy rate in L2: 61%. 700 can read and write it. Vernacular primary schools planned. Bible portions: 1992.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Copra production; agriculturalists; fishermen; fish marketers. Traditional religion, Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

BENNETT, Douglas; BENNETT, Jeanette, authors. 1992. Awad Bing Organised Phonology Data.  

CAHILL, Michael, author. 2011. "Tonal Diversity in Languages of Papua New Guinea."  

SIMONS, Gary F., author. 1977. "A multi-dialectal orthography for the Biliau language."

SIMONS, Gary F.; SIMONS, Linda, authors. 1977. A vocabulary of Biliau, an Austronesian language of New Guinea, with notes on its development from Proto Oceanic.  

SIMONS, Linda, author. 1977. "A tentative phonemic statement of the language of Biliau."

Vernacular Publications

Tubud miniid barnunang 1. 1992.

Tubud miniid barnunang 2. 1992.