Biak

Facts

  • Language: Biak
  • Alternate names: Village X, Biak-Numfor, Noefoor, Mafoor, Mefoor, Nufoor, Mafoorsch, Myfoorsch, Noefoorsch
  • Language code: bhw
  • Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Greater SHWNG, South Halmahera-West New Guinea, Cenderawasih Bay, Biakic, Biak-Roon
  • Number of speakers: 70,000
  • Vulnerability: Endangered
  • Script: Latin script.

More information:

    Christian, traditional religion.

    Biak is spoken in Indonesia, Southeast Asia.