Biak language
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Biak | ||
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Spoken in: | Indonesia | |
Region: | Southeast Asia | |
Total speakers: | about 30.000 speakers | |
Language family: | Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian Eastern Malayo-Polynesian South Halmahera-West New Guinea West New Guinea Cenderawasih Bay Biakic Biak |
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Writing system: | Latin alphabet | |
Language codes | ||
ISO 639-1: | bhw | |
ISO 639-2: | – | |
ISO 639-3: | – | |
Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. |
Biak (Bahasa Biak in Indonesian) is spoken in Biak and Numfor and numerous small islands in this archipelago in the province of Papua, Indonesia. Alternative names are Biak-Numfor, Noefoor, Mafoor, Mefoor, Nufoor, Mafoorsch, Myfoorsch and Noefoorsch. It is spoken by about 30.000 people.
Dialects: Ariom, Bo'o, Dwar, Fairi, Jenures, Korim, Mandusir, Mofu, Opif, Padoa, Penasifu, Samberi, Sampori (Mokmer), Sor, Sorendidori, Sundei, Wari, Wadibu, Sorido, Bosnik, Korido, Warsa, Wardo, Kamer, Mapia, Mios Num, Rumberpon, Monoarfu, Vogelkop.
[edit] Bibliography
Berry, K.; C. Berry, K. Berry, C. Berry (1987). "A survey of some West Papuan phylum languages". Workpapers in Indonesian Languages and Cultures 4: 25–80.
[edit] External websites
- Ethnologue entry [1]