Bukiyip language

Bukiyip
Bukiyip
Mountain Arapesh
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	East Sepik Province
Native speakers	16,000 (2003)
Language family	Torricelli Arapesh Bukiyip; ;
Dialects	Coastal; Mountain (Bukiyip);
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ape
Glottolog	buki1249
ELP	Bukiyip
	Bukiyip is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Bukiyip (Bukiyúp), or Mountain Arapesh, is an Arapesh language (Torricelli) spoken by around 16,000 people between Yangoru and Maprik in the East Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea. Bukiyip follows the SVO typology. The Arapesh languages are known for their complex noun-phrase agreement system (Bukiyip has 18 of these noun classes).

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