Biga language

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Biga
Native toIndonesia
RegionMisool Island
Native speakers
(300 cited 2001)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3bhc
Glottologbiga1238
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Biga is a heavily Papuan-influenced Austronesian language spoken in Southwest Papua, Indonesia in the south of the island of Misool. It is the predominant spoken language in the single village of Biga in Misool Timur Selatan District.[2]

Its status is slightly less precarious than other Raja Ampat–South Halmahera languages, as children of the village still learn the Biga language. However, its use by the younger generation is limited to speech to elders, and Papuan Malay dominates child-to-child speech.[3]: 37 

Laura Arnold classifies Biga as a divergent dialect of the Ma'ya language.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Biga at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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  4. ^ Arnold, Laura (2025). The Diachrony of Word Prosody in the Maˈya-Salawati Languages of Raja Ampat. Oceanic Linguistics: University of Hawai'i Press.
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