# Bipi language

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{{Short description|West Manus language of Papua New Guinea}}
{{Infobox language
|name = Bipi
|nativename =
|states = [Papua New Guinea](/source/Papua_New_Guinea)
|region = [Bipi](/source/Bipi_Island) and [Sisi Island](/source/Sisi_Island)s, [Manus Province](/source/Manus_Province)
|speakers = 1,380
|date=2000
|ref = e25
|familycolor = Austronesian
|fam2 = [Malayo-Polynesian](/source/Malayo-Polynesian_languages)
|fam3 = [Oceanic](/source/Oceanic_languages)
|fam4 = [Admiralty Islands](/source/Admiralty_Islands_languages)
|fam5 = [Eastern Admiralty Islands](/source/Eastern_Admiralty_Islands_languages)
|fam6 = [Manus](/source/Manus_languages)
|fam7 = [West Manus](/source/West_Manus_languages)
|iso3 = biq
|glotto=bipi1237
|glottorefname=Bipi
}}

The '''Bipi language''' is the westernmost [West Manus language](/source/West_Manus_languages). It is spoken by approximately 1200 people on the [Bipi](/source/Bipi_Island) and [Sisi Island](/source/Sisi_Island)s off the west coast of [Manus Island](/source/Manus_Island), [Manus Province](/source/Manus_Province) of [Papua New Guinea](/source/Papua_New_Guinea). It has [SVO word order](/source/subject%E2%80%93verb%E2%80%93object).<ref name=e25/>

==References==
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== External links ==
* [Kaipuleohone](/source/Kaipuleohone)'s Blust collection includes [materials on Bipi language](/source/hdl%3A10125%2F33171).

{{Languages of Papua New Guinea}}
{{Admiralty Islands languages}}

Category:Manus languages
Category:Languages of Manus Province
Category:Subject–verb–object languages

{{admiralty-lang-stub}}

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