Biga language
Biga is a heavily Papuan-influenced Austronesian language spoken in West Papua, Indonesia in the south of the island of Misool.
Biga | |
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Native to | Indonesia |
Region | Misool Island |
Native speakers | 300 (2001)[1] |
Austronesian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | bhc |
Glottolog | biga1238 [2] |
![]() ![]() Biga Location of Misool Island, Biga is spoken in the southern part of this island. ![]() ![]() Biga Biga (Indonesia) ![]() ![]() Biga Biga (Southeast Asia) | |
Coordinates: 2.00°S 130.27°E |
References
- Biga at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Biga". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
External links
- Paradisec open access collection of George Grace's manuscripts from the University of Hawai'i.
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