Bilua_language

Bilua
Bilua
Native to	Solomon Islands
Region	Vella Lavella Island, Western Province.
Native speakers	(8,700 cited 1999)
Language family	Central Solomon Bilua;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	blb
Glottolog	bilu1245
ELP	Bilua
	Bilua is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Bilua language

Papuan language spoken in Solomon Islands

7.92°S 156.66°E / -7.92; 156.66Bilua (also known as Mbilua or Vella Lavella)^[2] is the most populous Papuan language spoken in the Solomon Islands.^[3] It is a Central Solomon language spoken by about 9,000 people on the island of Vella Lavella. It is one of the four Papuan non-Austronesian languages spoken in the Solomon Islands.^[4]

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Bilua at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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"OLAC resources in and about the Bilua language". www.language-archives.org. Retrieved 2017-05-01.

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Woodley (2002)

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Obata (2003), p. 1

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Obata (2003), pp. 8–11

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		Bilabial	Alveolar	Post- alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Nasal		m	n		ɲ	ŋ
Plosive/ Affricate	voiceless	p	t	(t͡ʃ)		k
Plosive/ Affricate	voiced	b (ᵐb)	d (ⁿd)	d͡ʒ (ⁿd͡ʒ)		g (ᵑɡ)
Fricative	voiceless		s
Fricative	voiced	β	z			(w)
Lateral			l
Rhotic			r

	Front	Central	Back
High	i (ɪ)		u (ʊ)
Mid	e (ɛ)		o (ɔ)
Low		a

English	Bilua
to bite	nanae, nanaelɔu
to blow	pueka, puzeka, puzeko
to breathe	kozato
to burn	siŋgae, siŋgato
to come	kua
to count	ataito, atiato
to cry	ziaʔo, zialo
to cut, hack	kombue, kombuto, paŋgoe, paŋgoilo, rupe
to die, be dead	vou
to dig	telite, telito
to drink	nozutɔ, nĵuvuatɔ, sapɔ
to eat	ɔkua, vuato
to fall	pialo
to fear	ŋalo
to flow	rundundu
to fly	akazo, salosalo, sindiki
to hear	viŋgo
to hit	pazɔvɔ, pazoto, pazovo
to hold	kamaka, kamako
to hunt	zaulao, zaulau
to kill	vouvaiva, vouvato
to know, be knowledgeable	ñaño
to laugh	kisiko, nureo
to lie down	teku
to live, be alive	saevo, saivo
to say	kaseka, kiŋɔla, pesio
to scratch	kirikirito, pirakasa
to see	alea, kea, kelo
to sew	turue, turuto
to sit	papi, papu
to sleep	maroŋa, maroŋo
to sniff, smell	tuiño, tuimikɔ, tuimiko
to spit	supato
to split	reseilo, seseto
to squeeze	zuzuto, žužue
to stab, pierce	nĵokuto, zatae
to stand	lonĵo
to steal	kuilɔ, kuilo
to suck	kuzukuzuto, kuzutɔ
to swell	tumbu
to swim	lilitɔ, ruazo, siusiutɔ, siusiuto
to think	kɛrukɛruto, kerukeruto
to tie up	lupika
to turn	lilite, vipulɔ
to walk	ɔla, ola, saŋgɔre, tali, talio, zakei
to vomit	sakoezo
to work	irurupoto, iruruputo

English	Bilua
1	ɔmaⁿdeu
2	ɔmuᵑɡa
3	zouke
4	ariku
5	sike
6	varimuⁿɟa
7	sikeura (5 + 2 ?)
8	siotolu (5 + 3 ?)
9	siakava (5 + 4 ?)
10	toni
11	toni ɔmaⁿdeu
12	toni ɔmuᵑɡa
13	toni zouke
14	toni ariku
15	toni sike
16	toni varimuⁿɟa
17	toni sikeura
18	toni siotolu
19	toni siakava
20	karabete (borrow from Choiseul)
21	karabete ɔmaⁿdeu
30	zouke toni
40	ariku toni
50	sike toni
60	varimuⁿɟa toni
70	sikeura toni
80	siotolu toni
90	siakava toni
100	ɔmaⁿdeu paizana
200	ɔmuᵑɡa paizana
1000	ɔmaⁿdeu vurɔ
2000	ɔmuᵑɡa vurɔ

Bilua_language

Bilua language

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