Biem language

{{Short description|Oceanic language spoken in New Guinea}}

{{distinguish|Bam language (disambiguation)}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Biem

|altname=Bam

|region=East Sepik Province

|state=Papua New Guinea

|speakers=2,200

|date=2000 census

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Austronesian

|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian

|fam3=Oceanic

|fam4=Western Oceanic

|fam5=Schouten

|fam6=Kairiru–Manam

|fam7=Manam

|iso3=bmc

|glotto=biem1237

|glottorefname=Biem

}}

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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.{{cite web |url=https://www.ethnologue.com/country/PG/languages |title=Papua New Guinea languages |work=Ethnologue: Languages of the World |edition=22nd |editor1-last=Eberhard |editor1-first=David M. |editor2-last=Simons |editor2-first=Gary F. |editor3-last=Fennig |editor3-first=Charles D. |date=2019 |location=Dallas |publisher=SIL International}}