| Bilua | |
|---|---|
| Spoken in | Solomon Islands |
| Region | Vella Lavella Island, Western Province. |
| Native speakers | 8,740 (1999) |
| Language family |
Central Solomons
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | blb |
Bilua is the most populous Papuan language spoken in the Solomon Islands. It is a Central Solomons language spoken by about 9000 people on the island of Vella Lavella.
Obata, Kazuko (2003). A grammar of Bilua: A Papuan language of the Solomon Islands. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics 540.