The Bima language or Bimanese is the language of the eastern half of Sumbawa Island Indonesia which it shares with the Sumbawa language. Bima territory includes the Sanggar Peninsula where the extinct Papuan language Tambora was once spoken. It is closely related to the languages of Sumba Island to the southeast. There are over half a million Bima speakers.
ISO 639-3 code
bhp
family
Malayo-Polynesian languages, Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages, Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian languages, Sumba–Flores languages
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