Bahasa Binandere: Vulnerable Language of Papua New Guinea
Source: ethnologue.com
- Ethnologue profiles Bahasa Binandere, a language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
- It has 2,500 speakers mainly in Oro Province, with some in Northern Province.
- The language faces vulnerability due to its small speaker base and limited use in education or media.
Ethnologue provides a detailed profile of Bahasa Binandere (language code: bzk), an indigenous language of Papua New Guinea. It covers speaker numbers, geographic distribution, linguistic classification, and endangerment status. This matters to linguists, anthropologists, and policymakers tracking language preservation in Melanesia, where many small languages risk extinction.