Bilua

Bilua is a language isolate spoken in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands. Glottolog rates it shifting.

Bilua · 7.9°S 156.7°E

An isolate: no relationship to any other known language has been demonstrated.

Bilua (also known as Mbilua or Vella Lavella) is the most populous Papuan language spoken in the Solomon Islands. It is a Central Solomon language spoken by about 9,000 people on the island of Vella Lavella. It is one of the four Papuan non-Austronesian languages spoken in the Solomon Islands.

From Wikipedia · Bilua language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Bilua

Meaning	Word	Romanization
woman	reko
person	maba*
name	ni*
eye	vilu*
ear	talina*
nose	qame*
tooth	taka*
tongue	lenio*
hand	nase*
blood	dara*
bone	piza*
skin	tupu*
knee	iqi*
breast	buala*
liver	kola*
water	ju
fire	bainabaina*
sun	naniu*
star	suti*
stone	lado*
tree	ore*
leaf	lekona*
night	ipu*
louse	sipi*
one	kalapado*
two	omuqa*
I	ana*
you	no*
we	anime*
drink	nozuto*