Biem, or Bam, is an Oceanic language of northeast New Guinea, spoken on Bam, Blup Blup, Kadovar, and Vial (also known as Wei) islands (eastern four of the Schouten Islands) off the coast of Wewak.[2]

Biem
Bam
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionEast Sepik Province
Native speakers
2,200 (2000 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3bmc
Glottologbiem1237
Schouten Islands in Papua New Guinea

References

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  1. ^ Biem at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.