Bine

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A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3
bon
Alternate Names
Oriomo, Pine
Autonym
Bine
User Population

2,050 (2000 census).

Location

Western province: Daru district, south of Fly river.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Eastern Trans-Fly
Dialects

Kunini, Boze-Giringarede, Sogal, Masingle, Tate, Irupi-Drageli, Sebe.

Typology

SOV.

Language Use

Used by all. Also use English [eng] (Döhler 2019). Also use Tok Pisin [tpi] (Döhler 2019).

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 50%–75%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Videos. NT: 1993.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Bine
Writing

Latin script [Latn].