Bayono language
| Bayono | |
|---|---|
| Enamesi, Swesu; Densar | |
| Region | Papua Province, Indonesia: Eilanden-Steenboom River area |
Native speakers | 300 (2020)[1] |
Bayono–Awbono
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | byl |
| Glottolog | bayo1260 |
| ELP | Bayono |
Bayono (Enamesi, Swesu) is a Papuan language spoken in the highlands of Papua Province, Indonesia. All that is known of Bayono is a few hundred words recorded in first-contact situations recorded in Wilbrink (2004)[2] and Hischier (2006).[3]
A Bayono word list from Jacky Menanti is published in Wilbrink (2004).[2]
Kovojab may be closely related.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Bayono at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ a b Wilbrink, Ans (2004). The Kopkaka of Papua: Provisional notes on their language, its language affiliation and on the Kopkaka culture. MA thesis, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
- ^ Hischier, Phyllis (2006). Exploration of the Remote Kopayap and Urajin Areas in West Papua, Indonesia: A First Contact in Kopayap and Urajin. Manuscript.
- ^ Wilbrink, Ans 2004 in Glottolog 4.1