Biksi-Yetfa language

Yetfa and Biksi (Biaksi; Inisine) 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.

Biksi-Yetfa
Biksi
Native toIndonesia and Papua New Guinea
RegionJetfa District in Pegunungan Bintang Regency
EthnicityYetfa, Biksi
Native speakers
(1,000 cited 1996)
Pauwasi
  • South Pauwasi
    • Yetfa – South Pauwasi
      • Biksi-Yetfa
Dialects
  • Yetfa
  • Biksi
Writing system
Latin script
Language codes
ISO 639-3yet
Glottologyetf1238
ELPYetfa-Biksi

According to Hammarström (2008), it is being passed on to children and is not in immediate danger.

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