Bukiyip

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ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Bukiyúp, Mountain Arapesh

Population

16,200 (2003 SIL).

Location

East Sepik province: west Yangoru district, Torricelli mountains; Sandaun province: Attape Lumi district.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification

Dialects

Coastal Arapesh, Bukiyip (Mountain Arapesh). Lexical similarity: 60% with Mufian [aoj].

Typology

SVO; 14 noun classes; noun phrase concordance.

Language Use

Shifting to Tok Pisin [tpi]. Many children and adults unwilling to speak the language.

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 15%–25%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Grammar. NT: 1994–2003.

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Writing

Latin script [Latn].