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Name:
Biak
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Village X; Biak-Numfor; Noefoor; Mafoor; Mefoor; Nufoor; Mafoorsch; Myfoorsch; Noefoorsch
Spoken in:
Indonesia
Number of speakers:
30,000 (2000 S. Wurm)
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
30000
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
30000
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
bhw
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Austronesian
Parent Subgroup:
Biakic (biak)
Child Dialects:
Korim (bhw-kom)
Mandusir (bhw-man)
Bosnik (bhw-bos)
Samberi (bhw-sam)
Warsa (bhw-wsr)
Monoarfu (bhw-mon)
Jenures (bhw-jen)
Vogelkop (bhw-vog)
Mios Num (bhw-mio)
Wadibu (bhw-wad)
Sundei (bhw-sun)
Mapia (bhw-map)
Sorido (bhw-sos)
Sampori; Mokmer (bhw-sap)
Mofu (bhw-mof)
Opif (bhw-opi)
Wardo (bhw-war)
Sorendidori (bhw-sod)
Kamer (bhw-kam)
Ariom (bhw-ari)
Bo'o (bhw-boo)
Fairi (bhw-fai)
Penasifu (bhw-pen)
Padoa (bhw-pad)
Rumberpon (bhw-rum)
Korido (bhw-kor)
Dwar (bhw-dwa)
Wari (bhw-wrr)
Sor (bhw-sor)
UNESCO Status: Vulnerable Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Vulnerable Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Map of Biak
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