Biak language

Biak
Biak-Numfor
wós Vyak, wós Kovedi
Native toIndonesia
RegionBiak Islands
Biak Numfor Regency
Supiori Regency
Native speakers
70,000 (2007)[1]
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3bhw
Glottologbiak1248
ELPBiak
Approximate location where Biak is spoken
Approximate location where Biak is spoken
Biak
location of Biak island
Approximate location where Biak is spoken
Approximate location where Biak is spoken
Biak
Biak (Indonesia)
Approximate location where Biak is spoken
Approximate location where Biak is spoken
Biak
Biak (Southeast Asia)
Coordinates: 0°57′S 135°53′E / 0.95°S 135.88°E / -0.95; 135.88

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.

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.

  1. ^ Biak at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon