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ISO 639-3 · bwmbwm
Yuat family

Biwat

Biwat is a language of the Yuat branch, spoken in Papua New Guinea.

6a · Vigorous
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
bwm
Glottocode
biwa1243
Family
Yuat
Wikipedia
8 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
1levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level

Facts

NameBiwat
Also calledBiwat language, Mundugumor

Vitality

EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a

Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Yuat to Biwat

The branches above Biwat, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

5YuatfamilybwmBiwatlanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Papua New Guinea630 languages in the index

Also spoken in Papua New Guinea

engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationaltpiTok Pisinunclassified · 4.1 m1 · NationalenqEngaTrans–New Guinea · 230,0005 · DevelopinghmoHiri MotuAustronesian · 120,0003 · Wider CommunicationksdTolaiAustronesian · 81,0003 · Wider CommunicationmeuMotuAustronesian · 39,0005 · DevelopingazrAdzeraAustronesian · 30,0004 · EducationalsnpSianeunclassified · 29,0005 · DevelopingagdAgarabiunclassified · 27,0006a · VigorousgahAlekanoTrans–New Guinea · 25,0007 · Shifting