Biak language

Biak
Biak-Numfor
wós Vyak, wós Kovedi
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Biak Islands Biak Numfor Regency Supiori Regency
Native speakers	70,000 (2007)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian Eastern Malayo-Polynesian South Halmahera–West New Guinea Cenderawasih Bay Biakic Biak
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bhw
Glottolog	biak1248
ELP	Biak
Biak location of Biak island Show map of Western New Guinea Biak Biak (Indonesia) Show map of Indonesia Biak Biak (Southeast Asia) Show map of Southeast Asia
Coordinates: 0°57′S 135°53′E / 0.95°S 135.88°E / -0.95; 135.88

Biak (wós Vyak or 'Biak language'; wós kovedi or 'our language'; Indonesian: bahasa Biak), also known as Biak-Numfor, Noefoor, Mafoor, Mefoor, Nufoor, Mafoorsch, Myfoorsch and Noefoorsch, is an Austronesian language of the South Halmahera-West New Guinea subgroup of the Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages.

According to Ethnologue, it is spoken by about 70,000 people in Biak and Numfor and numerous small islands in the Schouten Islands, located in Papua province of Western New Guinea, northeastern Indonesia.