Biksi-Yetfa language
Pauwasi language spoken in Southeast Asia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Yetfa and Biksi (Biaksi; Inisine[2]) are dialects of a language spoken in Jetfa District, Pegunungan Bintang Regency, Highland Papua, Indonesia, and across the border in Papua New Guinea. It is a trade language spoken in Western New Guinea up to the PNG border.
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Biksi | |
Native to | Indonesia and Papua New Guinea |
Region | Jetfa District in Pegunungan Bintang Regency |
Ethnicity | Yetfa, Biksi |
Native speakers | (1,000 cited 1996)[1] |
Pauwasi
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ISO 639-3 | yet |
Glottolog | yetf1238 |
ELP | Yetfa-Biksi |
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According to Hammarström (2008), it is being passed on to children and is not in immediate danger.