Biak language
Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Biak (wós Vyak or 'Biak language'; wós kovedi or 'our language'; Indonesian: bahasa Biak), also known as Biak-Numfor, Noefoor, Mafoor, Mefoor, Nufoor, Mafoorsch, Myfoorsch and Noefoorsch, is an Austronesian language of the South Halmahera-West New Guinea subgroup of the Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages.
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Biak | |
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Biak-Numfor | |
wós Vyak, wós Kovedi | |
Native to | Indonesia |
Region | Biak Islands Biak Numfor Regency Supiori Regency |
Native speakers | 70,000 (2007)[1] |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | bhw |
Glottolog | biak1248 |
ELP | Biak |
Coordinates: 0.95°S 135.88°E / -0.95; 135.88 |
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According to Ethnologue, it is spoken by about 70,000 people in Biak and Numfor and numerous small islands in the Schouten Islands, located in Papua province of Western New Guinea, northeastern Indonesia.