Biem language

Not to be confused with Bam language (disambiguation).
Biem
Bam
Native to Papua New Guinea
Region East Sepik Province
Native speakers
2,200 (2000 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 bmc
Glottolog biem1237[2]

Biem, or Bam, is an Oceanic language of northeast New Guinea, spoken on Bam, Blup Blup, and neighboring islands off the coast of Wewak

References

  1. Biem at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Biem". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.


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