Piame, or Biami, is a Sepik language, which in 1988 was spoken in the village of Piame in northwestern Papua New Guinea.
Relationship to other languages Piame is closely related to Niksek, with cognate percentages ranging from 44% to 53% for the different Niksek dialects.
Sociolinguistics In 1988, it was spoken by less than a hundred people, in the single village of Piame. The village was primarily monolingual. Two or three men had begun to learn Tok Pisin, the lingua franca of Papua New Guinea.
The language is today described as moribund.
Vocabulary The table below is a sample of words in Piame: +PiameEnglishpasikofiafternoonbawearrowmokuawobabymekiabackwɔřoucassowarya yopakařichinyabidogpeniearyelia kaiaeggwauwuofataisefathermɔmiyaři məməni moku'awogirlyelia kowanegoodkouřinobohairnɔtihandu'kwətikneemisařiknifemekwaleafyelia meisalongməmini'nɔnimanake/kɔřisib̵ab̵emanyka'lamineckake/akutunewakelmeisioldmekwaonea'kaifɔ/fɔpignourainwamoratkařineisandyelia nɔposhortfɔ'yənitailsawitaroyou'weivineakaipəsiwallabya'seiwaterkařuyamnɔifiyesterday
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