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ISO 639-3 · bqlbql
Trans–New Guinea family

Karian

Karian is a language of the Numugen branch (Trans–New Guinea), spoken in Papua New Guinea.

8a · Moribund
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
bql
Glottocode
bila1257
Wikipedia
7 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
4levels in the tree
8aEGIDS level

Facts

NameKarian
Also calledBilakura language, Bilakura

Vitality

EGIDS 8a Moribund8a

Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.

Other languages at this level
UNESCO: Critically endangered
Languages at this level
family tree

From Trans–New Guinea to Karian

The branches above Karian, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

212Trans–New Guineafamily44Madangbranch25Croisillesbranch6NumugenbranchbqlKarianlanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Papua New Guinea630 languages in the index

Also spoken in Papua New Guinea

engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationaltpiTok Pisinunclassified · 4.1 m1 · NationalenqEngaTrans–New Guinea · 230,0005 · DevelopinghmoHiri MotuAustronesian · 120,0003 · Wider CommunicationksdTolaiAustronesian · 81,0003 · Wider CommunicationmeuMotuAustronesian · 39,0005 · DevelopingazrAdzeraAustronesian · 30,0004 · EducationalsnpSianeunclassified · 29,0005 · DevelopingagdAgarabiunclassified · 27,0006a · VigorousgahAlekanoTrans–New Guinea · 25,0007 · Shifting