Biak (referred to locally as wós Vyak ‘Biak Language’ or wós kovedi ‘Our Language’ and Bahasa Biak in Indonesian. Also known as: Biak-Numfor Noefoor Mafoor Mefoor Nufoor Mafoorsch Myfoorsch and Noefoorsch) is an Austronesian language which has been classified as one of 41 languages of the South Halmahera-West New Guinea subgroup of Eastern Malayo-Polynesian Languages.
ISO 639-3 code
bhw
family
Malayo-Polynesian languages, Halmahera–Cenderawasih languages, Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian languages, Cenderawasih languages
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