BayonoâAwbono | |
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Geographic distribution | Papua Province, Indonesia |
Linguistic classification |
TransâNew Guinea
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Subdivisions | |
Glottolog | bayo1259 |
BayonoâAwbono is a recently discovered Papuan language cluster spoken in Papua Province, Indonesia, to the south of the Somahai languages. All that is known of them is a few hundred words recorded in first-contact situations recorded in Wilbrink (2004) and Hischier (2006).
Wilbrink (2004) lists 4 distinct language varieties. [1] [2]
Noting insufficient evidence, Pawley and Hammarström (2018) leave BayonoâAwbono as unclassified rather than as part of Trans-New Guinea. [3] However, according to Dryer (2022), based on a preliminary quantitative analysis of data from the ASJP database, BayonoâAwbono is likely to be a subgroup of TransâNew Guinea. [4]
Timothy Usher finds enough evidence to classify AwbonoâBayono within the Greater Awyu (Digul River) family. [5]
Wilbrink (2004) notes limited similarity with the neighboring Ok languages, and does not classify BayonoâAwbono with Ok. [1]
The pronouns demonstrate resemblances to the neighboring Ok and Greater Awyu languages, and the pronouns are consistent with Bayono-Awbono belonging to the TransâNew Guinea family:
Lect | 1sg | 2sg |
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Awbono | nÉ | ÉĄu |
Bayono | ne | ÉĄwe |
proto-AwyuâDumut | *nu-p | *gu-p |
proto-Ok | *na- | *ka-b-/*ku-b- |
proto-TNG | *na | *ga |
BayonoâAwbono | |
---|---|
Geographic distribution | Papua Province, Indonesia |
Linguistic classification |
TransâNew Guinea
|
Subdivisions | |
Glottolog | bayo1259 |
BayonoâAwbono is a recently discovered Papuan language cluster spoken in Papua Province, Indonesia, to the south of the Somahai languages. All that is known of them is a few hundred words recorded in first-contact situations recorded in Wilbrink (2004) and Hischier (2006).
Wilbrink (2004) lists 4 distinct language varieties. [1] [2]
Noting insufficient evidence, Pawley and Hammarström (2018) leave BayonoâAwbono as unclassified rather than as part of Trans-New Guinea. [3] However, according to Dryer (2022), based on a preliminary quantitative analysis of data from the ASJP database, BayonoâAwbono is likely to be a subgroup of TransâNew Guinea. [4]
Timothy Usher finds enough evidence to classify AwbonoâBayono within the Greater Awyu (Digul River) family. [5]
Wilbrink (2004) notes limited similarity with the neighboring Ok languages, and does not classify BayonoâAwbono with Ok. [1]
The pronouns demonstrate resemblances to the neighboring Ok and Greater Awyu languages, and the pronouns are consistent with Bayono-Awbono belonging to the TransâNew Guinea family:
Lect | 1sg | 2sg |
---|---|---|
Awbono | nÉ | ÉĄu |
Bayono | ne | ÉĄwe |
proto-AwyuâDumut | *nu-p | *gu-p |
proto-Ok | *na- | *ka-b-/*ku-b- |
proto-TNG | *na | *ga |