| Biga | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Misool Island |
Native speakers | 300 (2001) [1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bhc |
| Glottolog | biga1238 |
| ELP | Biga |
  Biga Location of Misool Island, Biga is spoken in the southern part of this island. | |
| Coordinates: 2°00′S130°16′E / 2.00°S 130.27°E | |
Biga is a heavily Papuan-influenced Austronesian language spoken in Southwest Papua, Indonesia in the south of the island of Misool. It is spoken in the single village of Biga in Misol Timur Selatan District. [2]
The indigenous peoples of West Papua in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, commonly called Papuans, are Melanesians. There is genetic evidence for two major historical lineages in New Guinea and neighboring islands. A first wave from the Malay Archipelago perhaps 50,000 years ago when New Guinea and Australia were a single landmass called Sahul and, much later, a wave of Austronesian people from the north who introduced Austronesian languages and pigs about 3,500 years ago. They also left a small but significant genetic trace in many coastal Papuan peoples.
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