Awad Bing
Facts
- Language: Awad Bing
- Alternate names: Awad Gey, Biliau, Bing, Samang, Semang, Sengam
- Language code: bcu
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic linkage, North New Guinea linkage, Ngero-Vitiaz linkage, Vitiaz linkage, Bel-Roinji-Nenaya, Bel, Eastern Bel
- Number of speakers: 1450
- Script:
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Introduction
Awad Bing is a language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Madang Province, Astrolabe Bay area, west of Saidor. 7 villages.
Dialects
Biliau, Galeg, Suit, Yamai, Yori. Distinct from, but similar to, Mindiri (See: Mindiri?) and Wab (See: Wab?).
The Awad Bing Verb
Verblist
- ab -- to squeeze
- aniŋiŋ -- to burn
- -aŋ -- to eat
- -en -- to sleep
- -fug -- to kill
- -luoŋ -- to hear
- -luwu -- to vomit
- -ma : t -- to die, be dead
- -mus -- to suck
- pan -- to shoot
- -pas -- to open, uncover
- -ruoi -- to fly
- -sar -- to dig
- -si -- to come
- -taŋiŋ, taŋtaŋ -- to cry