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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Pacific > Papua New Guinea > Bikaru

Bikaru

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3bic

Population  100 (Wurm and Hattori 1981).
Region  East Sepik Province, April River headwaters.
Language maps  Papua New Guinea, Map 5, reference number 224
Papua New Guinea, Map 6, reference number 224
Alternate names   Bugalu, Pikaru
Classification  Sepik, Sepik Hill, Sanio
Language development  Literacy rate in L1: Below 5%. Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%.
Comments  Nomadic. Traditional religion.