| Bima | |
|---|---|
| Nggahi Mbojo | |
| Spoken in | Sumbawa |
| Native speakers | 500,000 (1989) |
| Language family | |
| Dialects |
Kolo
Sangar (Sanggar)
Toloweri
Bima
Mbojo
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bhp |
The Bima language, or Bimanese, is the language of the eastern half of Sumbawa Island, Indonesia, which it shares with the Sumbawa language. Bima territory includes the Sanggar Peninsula, where the extinct Papuan language Tambora was once spoken. It is closely related to the languages of Sumba Island to the southeast. There are over half a million Bima speakers.