Berik

Facts

  • Language: Berik
  • Alternate names: Berick, Berrik, Sewan Teteris, Upper Tor
  • Language code: bkl
  • Language family: Tor-Orya, Tor
  • Number of speakers: 1200
  • Script: Latin script.

More information:

    Introduction

    Berik is a Papuan language spoken in eastern Papua. Speakers are located in four village groups on the Tor River towards the northern coast of Indonesian-controlled Irian Jaya.

    The Berik Verb

    Verblist

    damtabili, damtafa, difna, fwirna, gubana, gwarantena, orotona, saftena, sofwa, tana, tini, twensar.