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Name: Bukiyip
Type: Language
Alternate Names: Mountain Arapesh; Kavu; Bukiyúp; Arapesh
Spoken in: Papua New Guinea
Number of speakers: 16,200 (2003 SIL) (Ethnologue)
Number of speakers: 10304 (UNESCO)
Number of speakers: 16233 (World Oral Literature Project)
Code: ape
Code Standard: ISO 639-3
Documentation: SIL
Families: Torricelli
Parent Subgroup: Arapesh; Arapesh Family; Arapeshan (arap)
Child Dialects: Coastal Arapesh (ape-coa) Bukiyip; Mountain Arapesh (ape-buk)

Endangerment Status


UNESCO Status: Vulnerable
Ethnologue Status: Not listed
Sutherland's Red List: Not listed

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