Baibai language explained

Baibai
Region:Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea
Speakers:340
Date:2000 census
Ref:e25
Familycolor:Papuan
Fam1:Fas
Iso3:bbf
Glotto:baib1251
Glottorefname:Baibai

Baibai is one of two Fas languages of Amanab District, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea. It is the eponymous language of the spurious Baibai family, which was posited when the Fas language was mistakenly swapped for the Kwomtari language Biaka in published data. It actually has little in common with Kwomtari, but is 40% cognate with Fas. (See Fas languages for details.)

Locations

Baron (2007) lists Baibai-speaking villages as Itomi, Piemi, Baibai, and Yebdibi.[1]

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Baron . Wietze . October 2007 . The Kwomtari Phylum . 2019-09-22.