Biga language

Biga
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Misool Island
Native speakers	300 (2001)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian Eastern Malayo-Polynesian South Halmahera–West New Guinea Halmahera Sea Ambel–Biga Biga; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bhc
Glottolog	biga1238[2]
	Biga Location of Misool Island, Biga is spoken in the southern part of this island. Biga Biga (Indonesia) Biga Biga (Southeast Asia)
	Coordinates: 2.00°S 130.27°E

Biga is a heavily Papuan-influenced Austronesian language spoken in West Papua, Indonesia in the south of the island of Misool.

References

Biga at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Biga". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

Paradisec open access collection of George Grace's manuscripts from the University of Hawai'i.

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