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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Pacific > Solomon Islands > Bilua

Bilua

A language of Solomon Islands

ISO 639-3blb

Population  8,740 (1999 SIL).
Region  Western Province, Vella Lavella Island.
Language map  Solomon Islands
Alternate names   Mbilua, Vella Lavella
Classification  Central Solomons
Language use  There are L2 users.
Language development  Literacy rate in L1: 30%–60%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1995.
Writing system  Latin script.