Bariai language explained

Bariai
Also Known As:	Kabana
States:	Papua New Guinea
Region:	New Britain
Date:	2008
Ref:	e25
Familycolor:	Austronesian
Fam2:	Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:	Oceanic
Fam4:	Western Oceanic
Fam5:	Ngero–Vitiaz
Fam6:	Ngero
Fam7:	Bariai languages
Iso3:	bch
Glotto:	bari1286
Glottorefname:	Bariai

Bariai (also known as Kabana) is an Austronesian language of New Britain.

Name

The name Bariai, literally, is derived from bare + -eai . The alternative name Kabana comes from the Amara language, meaning .

Further reading

• Web site: Gallagher . Steve . 2001-03-23 . Organised Phonology Data . https://web.archive.org/web/20240614190927/https://pnglanguages.sil.org/resources/archives/42356 . 2024-06-14 . Languages of Papua New Guinea . SIL International.
• Book: Gallagher . Steve . Bariai Grammar Sketch . Baehr . Peirce . . 2005 . 9980-0-3063-1 . Data Papers on Papua New Guinea Languages . 2018-06-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180625140906/http://www-01.sil.org/pacific/png/pubs/928474523630/Bariai%20Grammar%20Sketch.pdf . 2018-06-25 . dead.
• Book: Gallagher, Steve . Bariai Dictionary . . 2008 . 978-9980-0-2372-8 . First corrected . https://web.archive.org/web/20220709173841/https://www.sil.org/system/files/reapdata/47/42/61/47426149453935276768720170179828417795/Bariai_Dict.pdf . 2022-07-09.