Endangered Languages Project

ALSO KNOWN AS		Bi, Gne, Sidi, Iniai, Inyai-Gadio-Bisorio, Bikaru, Bigalu, Bugalu, Pikaru
CLASSIFICATION		Trans-New Guinea, Engan
ORTHOGRAPHY		Latin
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		bir, bic
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Bikaru
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Ethnologue (18th edition) lists "Bikaru" [bic] as a separate language, despite also listing it as a dialect of Bisorio. The entry for Bikaru follows Laycock's (1973) tentative assignment of the language to the Sepik family, but Conrad and Lewis (1988) argue that Bikaru is a dialect of Bisorio (Trans-New Guinea family).

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "East Sepik Province; Karawari, Wagupmeri, and Korosameri rivers’ headwaters; Bisorio, Iniai, and Gadio villages."

			2014	Glottolog 2.3				Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology	http://glottolog.org	Hammarström, Harald & Forkel, Robert & Haspelmath, Martin & Nordhoff, Sebastian	Hammarström, Harald & Forkel, Robert & Haspelmath, Martin & Nordhoff, Sebastian. 2014. Glottolog 2.3. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. (Available online at http://glottolog.org)								-4.78, 143.21
	18th		2015	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th Edition	Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig	SIL International	Dallas, Texas		http://www.ethnologue.com		Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2015. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Eighteenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.	260	2003	100-999	50–100 Pikaru (SIL).	Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	Papua New Guinea	"East Sepik Province; Karawari, Wagupmeri, and Korosameri rivers’ headwaters; Bisorio, Iniai, and Gadio villages."
Pacific Linguistics		B 25	1973	Sepik languages: checklist and preliminary classification	Wurm, Stephen A.	Australian National University, Research School of Pacific Studies, Department of Linguistics	Canberra			Laycock, Donald C.		200?	1970	100-999		Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	Papua New Guinea	4 villages: Gadio, Towi, Bisorio, and Iniai.

Bisorio