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Awyu–Ok language spoken in Indonesia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bayono–Awbono 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).
Bayono–Awbono | |
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Geographic distribution | Papua Province, Indonesia |
Linguistic classification | Trans–New Guinea
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Subdivisions | |
Glottolog | bayo1259 |
Noting insufficient evidence, Pawley and Hammarström (2018) leave Bayono–Awbono 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, Bayono–Awbono is likely to be a subgroup of Trans–New Guinea.[4]
Timothy Usher finds enough evidence to classify Awbono–Bayono within the Greater Awyu (Digul River) family.[5]
Wilbrink (2004) notes limited similarity with the neighboring Ok languages, and does not classify Bayono–Awbono 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 Trans–New Guinea family:
Lect | 1SG | 2SG |
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Awbono | nɛ | ɡu |
Bayono | ne | ɡwe |
proto-Awyu–Dumut | *nu-p | *gu-p |
proto-Ok | *na- | *ka-b-/*ku-b- |
proto-TNG | *na | *ga |
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