Bimin language

Ok language spoken in New Guinea
Bimin
RegionPapua New Guinea
Native speakers
2,300 (2003)[1]
Language family
Language codes
ISO 639-3bhl
Glottologbimi1240
ELPBimin
Ok-Oksapmin Languages
OK-Oksapmin Languages

Bim or Bimin is one of the Ok languages of New Guinea. It is spoken in Sandaun and Western Provinces in the region between the Murray and Strickland Rivers. The language is related to Faiwol but there is also "much intermarriage and cultural exchange with Oksapmin".[2]

References

  1. ^ Bimin at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Steer, Martin (September 1, 2005). "LANGUAGES OF THE UPPER SEPIK AND CENTRAL NEW GUINEA" (PDF). Retrieved January 14, 2021.
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Official languages
Major Indigenous
languagesOther Papuan
languages
Angan
Awin–Pa
Binanderean
Bosavi
Chimbu–Wahgi
New Ireland
Duna–Pogaya
East Kutubuan
East Strickland
Engan
Eleman
Ok–Oksapmin
Teberan
Tirio
Turama–Kikorian
Larger families
Sign languages


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