Biem language should not be confused with Bam language (disambiguation).
| Biem | |
| Also Known As: | Bam |
| Region: | East Sepik Province |
| State: | Papua New Guinea |
| Speakers: | 2,200 |
| Date: | 2000 census |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Austronesian |
| Fam3: | Oceanic |
| Fam4: | Western Oceanic |
| Fam5: | Schouten |
| Fam6: | Kairiru–Manam |
| Fam7: | Manam |
| Iso3: | bmc |
| Glotto: | biem1237 |
| Glottorefname: | Biem |
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.[1]
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