Biem language
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Oceanic language spoken in New GuineaTemplate:SHORTDESC:Oceanic language spoken in New Guinea
Not to be confused with Bam language (disambiguation).
| Biem | |
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| Bam | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | East Sepik Province |
Native speakers | (2,200 cited 2000 census)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bmc |
| Glottolog | biem1237 |
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Biem, or Bam, is an Oceanic language of northeast New Guinea, spoken on Bam, Blup Blup, Kadovar, and Vial (also known as Wei) islands (eastern four of the Schouten Islands) off the coast of Wewak.[2]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Biem at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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