Karian language

Karian
Karian
Bilakura
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Madang Province
Native speakers	34 (2007)
Language family	Trans–New Guinea? Madang Croisilles Numugen Karian; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bql
Glottolog	bila1257 Karen
ELP	Bilakura
	Bilakura is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.

Karian (Karen), also called Bilakura, is a nearly extinct Papuan language of Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Boia and Barto villages. Some speakers also live in Malas, a Manep-speaking village.^[2]

References

↑ Karian at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
↑ Pick, Andrew (2020). A reconstruction of Proto-Northern Adelbert phonology and lexicon (PDF) (PhD dissertation). University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-06-04. Retrieved 2023-03-01.

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[e25-1] Karian at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

[Pick_2020-2] Pick, Andrew (2020). A reconstruction of Proto-Northern Adelbert phonology and lexicon (PDF) (PhD dissertation). University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-06-04. Retrieved 2023-03-01.

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