Awbono language explained

Awbono
Also Known As:	Awban
Speakers:	100
Date:	1999
Ref:	e25
Familycolor:	Papuan
Glotto:	awbo1238
Glottorefname:	Awbono
Iso3:	awh

Awbono or Awban is a Papuan language spoken in the south of Jayawijaya Mountains, specifically in Awban Village, Kolf Brazza District, Asmat Regency, South Papua, Indonesia.^[1] All that is known of Awbono is a few hundred words recorded in first-contact situations recorded in Wilbrink (2004)^[2] and Hischier (2006).^[3]

An Awbono word list from Jacky Menanti is published in Wilbrink (2004).^[2]

Densar, which is poorly attested, may be closely related.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Mukhamdanah . Mukhamdanah . Inayatusshalihah . Inayatusshalihah . BAHASA AWBAN DI YAHUKIMO, PAPUA: KAJIAN AWAL TERHADAP BAHASA MINORITAS PADA TATARAN FONOLOGI DAN LEKSIKONNYA (Awban Language in Yahukimo, Papua: A Preliminary Study on Phonology and Lexicon Aspect toward a Minority Language) . Sawerigading . 27 . 2 . 2021-12-31 . 2527-8762 . 10.26499/sawer.v27i2.931 . 219–229 . 2024-11-10 . 2024-10-23.
2. 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.
3. Hischier, Phyllis (2006). Exploration of the Remote Kopayap and Urajin Areas in West Papua, Indonesia: A First Contact in Kopayap and Urajin. Manuscript.
4. https://glottolog.org/resource/reference/id/310961 Wilbrink, Ans 2004