Bukiyip

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Bukiyúp, Mountain Arapesh

16,200 (2003 SIL).

East Sepik province: west Yangoru district, Torricelli mountains; Sandaun province: Attape Lumi district.

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7 (Shifting).

Cemaun (Coastal Arapesh), Bukiyip (Mountain Arapesh), But (Coastal Arapesh), Rohwim (Coastal Arapesh). Lexical similarity: 60% with Mufian [aoj].

SVO; 14 noun classes; noun phrase concordance.

Adults only. Shifting to Tok Pisin [tpi]. Also use English [eng], especially young people.

Literacy rate in L1: 15%–25%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Grammar. NT: 1994–2003.

Latin script [Latn].