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

Biem, or Bam, is an Oceanic language of northeast New Guinea, spoken on Bam, Blup Blup, Kadovar, and Vial (also known as Wei) islands (eastern four of the Schouten Islands) off the coast of Wewak.[2]
References
- ^ Biem at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
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