The Bipi language is the westernmost
West Manus language. It is spoken by approximately 1200 people on the
Bipi and
Sisi Island Sissi or Sisi may refer to:
People
* Empress Elisabeth of Austria, known as "Sisi" or "Sissi"; spouse of Franz Joseph I of Austria
:Works about Sissi
:* '' The King Steps Out'' (1936), light comedy directed by Josef von Sternberg
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s off the west coast of
Manus Island
Manus Island is part of Manus Province in northern Papua New Guinea and is the largest of the Admiralty Islands. It is the fifth-largest island in Papua New Guinea, with an area of , measuring around . Manus Island is covered in rugged jungles w ...
,
Manus Province
Manus Province is the smallest province in Papua New Guinea in terms of both land area and population, with a land area of , but with more than of water, and the total population is 60,485 (2011 census). The provincial town of Manus is Lorengau.
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of
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...
. It has
SVO word order SVO may refer to:
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* Sheremetyevo International Airport, one three major airports serving Moscow, Russia, IATA Airport Code
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References
External links
* Kaipuleohone Kaipuleohone is a digital ethnographic archive that houses audio and visual files, photographs, as well as hundreds of textual material such as notes, dictionaries, and transcriptions relating to small and endangered languages. The archive is stored ...
's Blust collection includes materials on Bipi language.
Manus languages
Languages of Manus Province
Subject–verb–object languages
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