Biangai
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A language of Papua New Guinea
ISO 639-3
Population
1,400 (1991 SIL). 700 monolinguals.
Location
Morobe province: Wau district, Bulolo river headwaters. 7 villages.
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Language Status
5 (Developing).
Classification
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.
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Writing
Latin script [Latn].