Biwat language

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The Biwat language is a Ramu family Papuan language spoken by the Biwat (Mundugumor) people of Papua New Guinea.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Papuan language
Ramu language
language
country Papua New Guinea
endangeredStatus vulnerable
glottologCode biwa1243
glottologName Biwat NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Mundugumor NERFINISHED
Mundugumor language
hasEthnologueEntry yes
hasLinguisticTypology Papuan typology
hasNeighboringLanguage other Ramu languages
hasSpeakerPopulation small number of speakers
iso639-3Code bwm
languageFamily Ramu language family NERFINISHED
locatedIn Ramu–Lower Sepik area NERFINISHED
region Sepik River region NERFINISHED
spokenBy Biwat people NERFINISHED
Mundugumor people NERFINISHED
spokenIn East Sepik Province NERFINISHED
Papua New Guinea NERFINISHED
subclassOf Papuan languages
Ramu language family NERFINISHED
usedByEthnicGroup Biwat (Mundugumor) people NERFINISHED
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Mundugumor language Biwat language