Biem_language Knowpia

Biem
Biem
Bam
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	East Sepik Province
Native speakers	2,200 (2000 census)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Oceanic Schouten Kairiru–Manam Manam Biem; ; ; ; ; ; ;
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 edit

^ 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.